Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 6
入 enter
- Meaning
- enter
- On reading
- ニュウ
- Kun reading
- はい(る)・い(れる)
Memory hook
Two strokes meeting at a point and leaning right, like an arrow into a doorway. Watch it against 人, which stands square. ニュウ in compounds, はい(る) to go in or い(れる) to put in.
Words that use 入
入る
はいる
to enter
入口
いりぐち
entrance
How to write 入
Stroke order · 2 strokes
1
2
- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
入 is taught on day 27 of the kanji course, alongside 出 帰 立, with two writing passes and a short quiz.