以 – by means of, because, in view of

5 strokesTaught in grade 4#126 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 以 means by means of, because, in view of, compared with. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ (i); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もっ.て (motte). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イ	i
Kun’yomi	もっ.て	motte

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: ｜・人・丶.

Words using 以

以下いかnot exceeding ...以内いないwithin以外いがいexcluding以上いじょうnot less than ...以前いぜんbefore以来いらいsince以後いごafter this以降いこうon and after

Example sentences

１６歳以下の子供は劇場には入場できません。

Children of age sixteen and under will not be admitted to the theatre.

Tatoeba #235932

君の要約は平均以下だね。

Your summary is not up to par.

Tatoeba #178016

以下の説明は多くの異なる理論を比較的対照することによって得られたものである。

The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.

Tatoeba #191221

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作保信件側任使係価住位

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