之

of; this

3 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1318.

Readings

• の (kun reading): 山之内製薬 (やまのうちせいやく) Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma); 匪石之心 (ひせきのこころ) steadfastness
• シ (on reading): 之繞 (しんにょう) kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162); 之繞を掛ける (しんにゅうをかける) to exaggerate
• これ (kun reading): 断じて行えば鬼神も之を避く (だんじておこなえばきしんもこれをさく) where there's a will, there's a way
• ゆく (kun reading)
• この (kun reading)

Components

• 亠
• 丶 radical dot
• 乙 radical second; fishhook
• 亠 radical lid
• 廴 radical long stride

Kanji containing 之

• 芝 turf
• 乏 destitution

Words using 之

• 山之内製薬 (やまのうちせいやく) Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma)
• 匪石之心 (ひせきのこころ) steadfastness
• 合点承知之助 (がってんしょうちのすけ) got it
• 之字運動 (のじうんどう) zig-zag motion (esp. warship)
• 燃犀之明 (ねんさいのめい) extraordinary perceptiveness
• 之繞 (しんにょう) kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
• 之繞を掛ける (しんにゅうをかける) to exaggerate
• 始馭天下之天皇 (はつくにしらすすめらみこと) first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)
• 断じて行えば鬼神も之を避く (だんじておこなえばきしんもこれをさく) where there's a will, there's a way
• 遅かりし由良之助 (おそかりしゆらのすけ) to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers
• 火之夜芸速男神 (ひのやぎはやおのかみ) Kagutsuchi

13 words in all.

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