甚 – tremendously, very, great

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1961 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 甚 means tremendously, very, great, exceedingly. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジン (jin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はなは.だ、はなは.だしい (hanahada, hanahadashii). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 甘 (no. 99).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジン	jin
Kun’yomi	はなは.だ	hanahada
Kun’yomi	はなは.だしい	hanahadashii

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: 甘 (Kangxi radical 99). Components: 一・甘・儿.

Words using 甚

甚だしいはなはだしいextreme甚だはなはだvery

Example sentences

あんなことを彼女に言うなんて非常識も甚だしい。

It's quite absurd of you to tell her that sort of thing.

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Kanji with the same radical

甘

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