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
  • 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
  • る — to like; to be pleased with

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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