成 – turn into, become, get

6 strokesTaught in grade 4#116 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 成 means turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、ジョウ (sei, jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is な.る、な.す、-な.す (naru, nasu, nasu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 戈 (no. 62).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	な.る	naru
Kun’yomi	な.す	nasu
Kun’yomi	-な.す	nasu

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: 戈 (Kangxi radical 62). Components: ノ・戈.

Words using 成

賛成さんせいapproval成功せいこうsuccess成人せいじんadult成績せいせきresults成長せいちょうgrowth完成かんせいcompletion構成こうせいcomposition成年せいねんadult age作成さくせいmaking (a report, plan, contract, etc.)成分せいぶんingredient成立せいりつformation合成ごうせいcomposition結成けっせいformation形成けいせいformation育成いくせいrearing成果せいか(good) result成熟せいじゅくmaturity達成たっせいachievement成り立つなりたつto consist of成育せいいくgrowth (to maturity)

Example sentences

私たちの計画に賛成してくれますか。

Are you agreeable to our plan?

Tatoeba #167000

成功。おめでとうございます。

Let me congratulate you on your success.

Tatoeba #143292

人生における成功とはかならずしも富の獲得と同じものではない。

Success in life is not necessarily the same thing as the acquirement of riches.

Tatoeba #144028

Kanji with the same radical

戦我戒戯或戚

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