於 – at, in, on

8 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2113 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 於 means at, in, on, as for. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オ、ヨ (o, yo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おい.て、お.ける、ああ、より (oite, okeru, aa, yori). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 方 (no. 70).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オ	o
On’yomi	ヨ	yo
Kun’yomi	おい.て	oite
Kun’yomi	お.ける	okeru
Kun’yomi	ああ	aa
Kun’yomi	より	yori

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: 方 (Kangxi radical 70). Components: 方・个.

Words using 於

於いておいてat (a time or place)

Kanji with the same radical

方施族旅旗旋

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.