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Oct 19, 2025

Reading

エン、まる.い、まる、まど、まど.か、まろ.やか

Meaning

circle, yen, round

Words

円、楕円、円形、円盤、円筒

Reading

キョウ、ケイ、キン、みやこ

Meaning

capital, 10**16

Words

東京、京都、京、北京、京阪

Reading

シ、ゆび、さ.す、-さ.し

Meaning

finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

Words

指定、指揮、指導、目指す、指す

Reading

イ、うつ.る、うつ.す

Meaning

shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into

Words

移動、移籍、移転、移行、移る

Reading

シャク、セキ、とく、す.てる、ゆる.す

Meaning

explanation

Words

注釈、解釈、釈放、釈迦、釈迦如来

Daily Kanji History

Oct 19, 2025

聞く

きく

Definition

to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to learn of, to hear about, to follow (advice), to comply with, to smell (esp. incense), to sample fragrance

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電灯

でんとう

Definition

electric light

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丸で

まるで

Definition

quite, entirely, completely, at all, as if, as though, just like