This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ヨ、シャ、あらかじ.め
Romaji: yo, sha, arakaji.me
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

beforehand, previous, myself, I

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  6
Frequency:  180
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  2-2-2
Korean Reading:  yeo
Chinese Reading:  yu3
Unicode:  4e88
JIS:  4D3D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1983
Nelson Index: 271
New Nelson Index: 68
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a4.12
Four Corner Index: 1720.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 403
Gakken Index: 160
Japanese Names Index: 62
Daikanwanjiten Index: 231
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0410
Remembering the kanji Index: 1593
Busy People Index: 2.12
Kanji Way Index: 283
Kanji Flashcards Index: 294
Kodansha Compact Index: 275
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 425
Kanji in Context Index: 403
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1253
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1719
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1607
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1719
Essential Kanji Index: 531
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2477
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3553
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 525
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 245

Words

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over; more than; formal or oratory first person pronoun; I
予選 (よせん)
preliminary contest; qualifier; primary; nomination
予算 (よさん)
estimate; budget
予約 (よやく)
reservation; appointment; booking; advance order; contract; subscription; pledge
予告 (よこく)
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement
予定 (よてい)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate
予備 (よび)
preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare
予想 (よそう)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
予報 (よほう)
forecast; prediction
予測 (よそく)
prediction; estimation
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