What is the Kanji for "Just like", "Address", and "Fortunately"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Just like", "Address", and "Fortunately", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Just like", "Address", and "Fortunately" is "宛".

This kanji has 4 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Ate", "Ataka", and "Zutsu".

Its onyomi reading is "En".

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 "宀" means "Roof" . And The component "夗" .

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

What does the kanji "宛" mean in japanese?

"宛" means "Just like", "Address", and "Fortunately".

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

Here are some words that use this kanji:

宛先: "Address". The Japanese noun '宛先 (あてさき)' refers to the destination or recipient of a letter, package, or other item being sent. It indicates where the item is being delivered to. This word is commonly used when addressing envelopes, packages, or other mail items. For example: The address on the letter is incorrect - (手紙の宛先が間違っている). Please write the address clearly - (宛先をはっきりと書いてください).

宛名: "Address". The noun '宛名 (あてな)' refers to the recipient's name and address written on the outside of an envelope, package or other mailing item. It indicates who the item is intended for. For example: Please write the address clearly on the envelope - (封筒に宛名を丁寧に書いてください). The address is written on the package - (宛名が荷物に書いてある).

宛て: "For". The Japanese suffix '宛て (あて)' means 'for'. It is added to nouns to indicate the recipient or addressee of something. It can be used with names, titles or other nouns to specify who or what something is directed towards. For example: To Mr. Tanaka - (田中さん宛て), For the president - (会長宛て)

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 "え" is read as "e". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "て" is read as "te". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "づ" is read as "zu". And The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu".

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.