甚
甚 — Tremendously
tremendously, very, great, exceedingly
On’yomiジン (jin)
Kun’yomiはなはだ (hanahada)
Kun’yomiはなはだしい (hanahadashii)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 甚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甚だ | はなはだ hanahada | very; greatly; extremely |
| 甚だしい | はなはだしい hanahadashii | extreme; excessive; terrible |
| 甚大 | じんだい jindai | very great; enormous; serious |
| 激甚 | げきじん gekijin | intense; violent; severe |
| 甚句 | じんく jinku | jinku; lively Japanese folk song or dance tune |
Study notes
甚 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1961 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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