Meaning & readings
enter, insert
On’yomi ニュウ、ジュ
Kun’yomi い.る、-い.る、-い.り、い.れる、-い.れ、はい.る
Nanori いり、いる、に、の、りり
Origin
This character is a simple picture of something entering or going in. The two strokes form a shape like an opening or gateway, with one line angling in from the left and another from the right, meeting to suggest movement into a space. The visual idea of things converging or passing through a narrow gap captures the sense of entering or inserting something into a place. Over time, this basic picture became the standard way to write the word for "enter" in Japanese.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (入).
Common words
- 加入 かにゅう joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member
- 介入 かいにゅう intervention
- 記入 きにゅう entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in
- 吸入 きゅうにゅう inhalation
- 購入 こうにゅう purchase; buying
- 混入 こんにゅう mixing; blending
- 歳入 さいにゅう annual revenue (government); annual income (government)
- 参入 さんにゅう entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market
Reference
- Strokes
- 2
- Kangxi radical
- 11
- Grade
- Grade 1 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #56 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 4
- Unicode
- U+05165