印 – stamp, seal, mark

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The kanji 印 means stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イン (in); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しるし、-じるし、しる.す (shirushi, jirushi, shirusu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 卩 (no. 26).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イン	in
Kun’yomi	しるし	shirushi
Kun’yomi	-じるし	jirushi
Kun’yomi	しる.す	shirusu

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: 卩 (Kangxi radical 26). Components: ｜・卩.

Words using 印

印しるしmark印刷いんさつprinting印象いんしょうimpression目印めじるしmark (for quick identification or recognition)矢印やじるしarrow (symbol)印鑑いんかんstamp調印ちょういんsignature

Example sentences

発音できない語に印をつけなさい。

Mark the words which you cannot pronounce.

Tatoeba #121325

この印はどういうものですか。

What does this mark mean?

Tatoeba #222944

進んで責任を取るということは成熟の印である。

Willingness to take responsibility is a sign of maturity.

Tatoeba #144718

Kanji with the same radical

危却即卵卸

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