成 — turn into, become, get

せい成 turn into

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+6210 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #116 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #386 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

turn into
become
get
grow
elapse
reach

word

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

平(へい) 成(せい) heisei Heisei (era) 成(せい) 功(こう) seikou success 作(さく) 成(せい) sakusei creation 成(せい) 長(ちょう) seichou growth 完(かん) 成(せい) kansei completion 成(せい) 果(か) seika result 達(たっ) 成(せい) tassei achievement 形(けい) 成(せい) keisei formation

しょう・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

成(じょう) 就(じゅ) jouju fulfillment

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

成(な) り立(た) つ naritatsu to consist of 成(な) る naru to become 成(な) す nasu to accomplish 成(な) り行(ゆ) き nariyuki outcome 成(な) し遂(と) げる nashitogeru to accomplish

なり nari Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

成(なり) 田(た) narita Narita (place name/surname)

Appears in idioms

大器晩成四字熟語

big, utensil, nightfall, turn into

即身成仏四字熟語

instant, somebody, turn into, buddha

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

𠂊 sloping stroke

戈 halberd

Used as component in (3)

さかん盛 boom しろ城 castle まこと誠 sincerity

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#62 戈 halberd

成 — turn into, become, get

Meanings

word

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しょう・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

なり nari Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (3)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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成 — turn into, become, get

Meanings

word

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しょう ・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

なり nari Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (3)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

しょう・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).