更 Kanji – grow late
The Japanese kanji 更 can mean grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further.
Meaning and Readings
How is 更 read?
更 has the onyomi reading コウ and the kunyomi readings さら, さらに, ふける, ふかす.
In romaji, these readings can be written as kou, sara, sarani, fukeru, fukasu.
Common Japanese Words Using 更
These common Japanese words contain 更. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 更ける（ふける） — to get late, to advance, to wear on
- 更に（さらに） — furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more
- 更衣室（こういしつ） — locker room, changing room, dressing room
- 更改（こうかい） — renewal, extension, revision
- 更新（こうしん） — renewal, update, replacement, renovation, breaking (a record)
- 更正（こうせい） — correction, revision, rectification
- 更生（こうせい） — rehabilitation, remaking one's life, starting life anew
- 更迭（こうてつ） — change (of personnel), reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet), shake-up, dismissal (e.g. of a minister), replacement
- 更年期（こうねんき） — menopause, change of life
- 今更（いまさら） — now (when it is already much too late), at this stage