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Kanji: 催
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KANJI

催

13 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓	もようす
	もよおす

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 3 (completion of 9th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 7th through 9th grades in Japan
Radical:	人(亻) Radical name: ひと（にんべん）
Meaning:	Sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner)
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 500 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N2	催促(さいそく)	request, demand, claim, urge (action), press for
N2	催(もよお)し	event, festivities, function
N1	開催(かいさい)	holding a meeting, open an exhibition
N1	主催(しゅさい)	organization, sponsorship
N1	催(もよお)す	to hold (a meeting), to give (a dinner), to feel, to show signs of, to develop symptoms of, to feel (sick

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