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Kanji 免: meaning "exempt, avoid", readings, stroke order

The kanji 免 means "exempt, avoid". On'yomi: メン; kun'yomi: まぬかれる. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
exempt, avoid
On'yomi
メン
Kun'yomi
まぬかれる
Strokes
8
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
免 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 免

  • 免疫 めんえき — Immunity
  • 免許 めんきょ — license, permit, certificate
  • 免疫力 めんえきりょく — Immune system strength
  • 御免 ごめん — declining (something); pardon, sorry
  • 免税 めんぜい — tax exemption
  • 免れる まぬがれる — to escape from, to be exempted
  • 免除 めんじょ — exemption, exoneration, discharge

Stroke order · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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