# 謁 — audience with a ruler

謁 means “audience with a ruler”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. On'yomi: エツ (etsu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: audience with a ruler
- On'yomi: エツ (etsu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 15
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Society 2

## How to remember 謁

Parts: 言 say; words · 曷 why

## Don't confuse it with

[詣](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/visit-a-shrine/) · [褐](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/brown/)

## More in the “Society 2” set

[庶](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/commoner/) · [班](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/work-group/) · [俗](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/common-customs/) · [宴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/banquet/) · [隷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/slave/) · [蛮](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/barbarian/) · [謁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/audience-with-a-ruler/)

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