9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

descendent, issue, offspring

Kun'yomi
  • issue
On'yomi
  • イン
Nanori
  • つぎ
  • つぐ
  • かず

Main Radical

(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

たね 76.9%
イン 23.1%

Character Breakdown

descendent, issue, offspring
たね イン つぎ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)

Common Words

illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)
nobleman's illegitimate child
to become pregnant with an illegitimate child
Imperial descendant (posterity)
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References

Unicode hex code 80E4
JIS X 0208 1-16-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 217
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4786
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 17
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 17
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 8
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 8
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2921
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2929
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1269
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1912
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 29405
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2205
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4b5.16
Four corner code 2201.0