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娯 — Recreation

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary school#1827 most used
recreation, pleasure
On’yomi (go)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (10 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 娯

WordReadingMeaning
娯楽ごらく
goraku
amusement; entertainment; recreation

Study notes

娯 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1827 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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