Kanji1 / 9
相 kanji
inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ソウショウ
Kun readings
あい-
Words with 相
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —三相three phases
- —事相aspect; phase; phenomenon
- —時相tense
- —手相lines of the palm (in palm reading); appearance of the palm of the hand
- —相識acquaintance
- —相称symmetry
- —相補complement
- —単相single-phase alternating current; haploid phase (of an organism, cell, etc.); haplophase
- —同相the said (cabinet) minister; in-phase (component of a wave); homeomorphism
- —二相two-phase
- —皮相surface; outward appearance; superficial; shallow
- —面相countenance; features; looks
- —相反mutual opposition; contrariety; contradiction; repulsion
- —相克rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; struggle; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
- —色相hue; color phase; colour phase
- —死相look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person
- —諸相various aspects; various phases
- —相伝inheritance
- —相思mutual affection; mutual love
- —粗相carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself