What is the Kanji for "Detailed"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Detailed", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Detailed" is "詳".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Kuwa".

Its onyomi reading is "Shou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "訁" means "Say" . And The kanji "羊" means "Sheep" and can be read as "You" and "Hitsuji".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "詳" mean in japanese?

"詳" means "Detailed".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

詳しい: "Knowledgeable". The Japanese adjective '詳しい (くわしい)' means 'knowledgeable'. It is used to describe someone who has in-depth knowledge or expertise about a particular subject or field. This adjective often implies that the person has studied or researched the topic extensively. For example: She is knowledgeable about Japanese history - (彼女は日本の歴史に詳しい). He is a knowledgeable speaker on the topic - (彼はその話題について詳しい話し手だ).

詳細: "Details". The Japanese adjectival noun '詳細 (しょうさい)' means 'details'. This term is used to refer to the specific, comprehensive, and in-depth particulars of a subject or situation. It implies a level of intricacy and thoroughness in the information provided. For example: The report provided the details of the incident - (レポートは事件の詳細を提供した). Please give me the details - (詳細をお教えください).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". And The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.