The kanji 成: meaning, readings and stroke order
成
- Meaning
- become, achieve
- On reading
- セイ sei、ジョウ* jou
- Kun reading
- な(る) naru、な(す) nasu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 戈 spear, halberd
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- trở thành, làm nên (thành)
- Japanese
- なる。なしとげる。
- Korean
- 되다, 이루다 (성)
- Chinese
- 成为、完成
Readings, words and example sentences
セイ sei · on reading
成長
growing up
子どもの 成長は 早いです。
Children grow up fast.
な(る) naru · kun reading · less common
成る
to be made up of
この 本は 三つの 話から 成って います。
This book is made up of three stories.
な(す) nasu · kun reading · less common
成す
to accomplish
大きな 仕事を 成しとげました。
He got a big job done.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.