是

是 — just so, this, right

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1045 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぜ ze

し shi
Kun'yomi: これ kore

この kono

ここ koko

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 是

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.