Japanese Kanji

katsu

slippery · slide · slip

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 13 strokes

Readings

  • ONカツkatsu
  • ONコツkotsu
  • KUNすべ.るsube
  • KUNなめ.らかname

Meaning

Slippery, slide, slip, fail exam.

Stroke order for 滑

滑 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 13 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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