更 — kanji meaning “grow late”
更
grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
- Meanings
- grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- さら、さら.に、ふ.ける、ふ.かす
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #861 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 73
- Chinese reading
- gèng, gēng — Chinese character page
Words with 更
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 変更 | へんこう henkou | change; modification; alteration |
| 更に | さらに sarani | furthermore; again; after all |
| 更新 | こうしん koushin | renewal; update; replacement |
| 更生 | こうせい kousei | rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew |
| 更年期 | こうねんき kounenki | menopause; climacteric |
| 更迭 | こうてつ koutetsu | change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up |
| 今更 | いまさら imasara | now (when it is already much too late); at this stage |
| 更正 | こうせい kousei | correction; revision; rectification |
| 更改 | こうかい koukai | renewal; extension; revision |
| 尚更 | なおさら naosara | still more; even more; all the more |
| 更ける | ふける fukeru | to get late; to advance; to wear on |
| 夜更け | よふけ yofuke | late at night; small hours of the morning |
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