以
from; by means of; because; in view of; compared with
5 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 126.
Readings
- イ (on reading): 以上 (いじょう) not less than ...; 以外 (いがい) excluding
- もって (kun reading): 逸を以て労を待つ (いつをもってろうをまつ) to wait for the enemy to tire at ease; 文を以て立つ (ぶんをもってたつ) to live by the pen
- Read as a whole word: 所以 (ゆえん) reason
Components
Kanji containing 以
Words using 以
- 以上 (いじょう) not less than ...
- 以外 (いがい) excluding
- 以下 (いか) not exceeding ...
- 以降 (いこう) on and after
- 以前 (いぜん) before
- 所以 (ゆえん) reason
- 逸を以て労を待つ (いつをもってろうをまつ) to wait for the enemy to tire at ease
- 文を以て立つ (ぶんをもってたつ) to live by the pen
- 以て瞑すべし (もってめいすべし) being so content that one would not mind dying
- 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし (たざんのいしもってたまをおさむべし) one should learn from other's mistakes
- 管を以て天を窺う (くだをもっててんをうかがう) to have a narrow view of things
- 神武以来 (じんむこのかた) since the era of the Emperor Jimmu
- 以ちまして (もちまして) with
64 words in all.