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以 By Means Of, Because, In View Of, Compared With

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

い

Mostly used when 以 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

もって

Mostly used when 以 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
5
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 4
Frequency
#126

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).