井 — well, well crib, town
い
井
well
Grade S
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
4 strokes
U+4E95
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #339
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1946
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- well
- well crib
- town
- community
word
い i 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).
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).
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.
A pictograph of a wooden frame around a well opening... you can see the four sides...! That's a 'well'...