入

音読おんよみ: ニュウ

訓読くんよみ:
れる・はいる

画数かくすう: 2

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Enter / Insert / Go in

Conjugation
Tap for 入れる (transitive) Tap for 入る (intransitive)
  • はいる — to enter
  • はいれる — to insert; to put in
  • 入口いりぐち — entrance
  • 入学にゅうがく — school admission
  • 輸入ゆにゅう — import
  • 入院にゅういん — hospitalization
Compound - tap to expand
  • 入り込はいりこむ — to get into; to penetrate
  • 入り直はいりなおす — to re-enter
  • 入り浸いりびたる — to hang around constantly
  • 入り交いりまじる — to mix in; to be intermingled
  • 入り乱いりみだれる — to be in disorder; to be mixed up
  • 気に入きにいる — to like; to be pleased with
  • 目に入めにはいる — to catch one’s eye
  • 耳に入みみにはいる — to hear; to come to know
  • 手に入てにはいる — to obtain; to get
  • 立ち入たちいる — to enter; to intrude; to go into (details)
  • 入れ替いれかえる — to replace; to swap
  • 入れ直いれなおす — to put in again
  • 入れ忘いれわすれる — to forget to put in

The shape of “入” originally represented a person entering through a doorway. It carries the ideas of going in, inserting, or becoming a part of something. You’ll see it frequently in words about admissions, directions, and action-related verbs.

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