Learn Japanese Kanji: 以

This kanji has kunyoumi of もっ or も, and it has onyoumi of イ. This character means: by means of, because, in view of, compared with, or to the … of. This character has the following radical: person. You can remember this kanji with the following hint: The spade is how a person works. Our example sentence is: ９０歳[以]上生きることは決してまれではない。９０さいいじょういきることはけっしてまれではない。It’s not rare at all to live over ninety years.

Grade	Kun	On	Meaning	Strokes	Example Sentence
JLPT N4	もっ, も	イ	by means of, because, in view of, compared with, to the … of	5	９０歳[以]上生きることは決してまれではない。 ９０さいいじょういきることはけっしてまれではない。 It’s not rare at all to live over ninety years.