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The title says it all... but I'll elaborate:

  * Initially we see techniques derived from **a single chakra element** (Katon, Doton, Suiton, Fuuton and Raiton). These are the most common, since usually a ninja can master only one chakra nature (since normally ninjas tend to have an affiliation with only one chakra nature) 
  * Later we discover these can be combined in a number of ways, **creating new elements** (Mokuton=Doton+Suiton, Ranton=Raiton+Suiton, Youton=Katon+Doton, among several others). From what I understand, these are usually transmitted as a Kekkei Genkai. But I believe they can also be created by the combinations of the elements, by ninja who didn't inherit it from other generations (correct me if I'm wrong). These are not uncommon, but less frequent than the ones above (there are ninja who can master and possess affiliation to more than one chakra nature: Sasuke comes to mind, since he can master both Katon and Raiton. Katon is his clan's natural affiliation, and he mastered Raiton too. However, I don't **remember** if he has ever combined the both of them) 
  * Even later, we find about combinations of **even more elements** by ninja who can master several elements, such as Muu (Nidaime Tsuchikage) and Oonoki (Sandaime Tsuchikage), who can combine Katon, Doton and Fuuton, to create Jinton. These are called Kekkei Touta. I don't know if they can also be transmitted through Kekkei Genkai, or if they can only be taught. They are even rarer than the ones above, since ninja can rarely master or be naturally affiliated to more than two chakra natures (Terumii Mei the Godaime Mizukage, can also master Doton, Katon and Suiton, but I don't think she ever combines more than two at each time). 

My questions are:

  * **Are combinations of chakra natures taught or only transmitted by Kekkei Genkai (or both)?**
  * **Are combinations of more than three chakra natures possible?**
  * And the above question created a new one for me: **Can a ninja master more than three chakra natures?** (I think Kakashi does, but I am not quite sure about this)


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Is it possible to combine all five chakra elements?


I think that combinations are Kekkei Genkai, only, as all combinations shown
were Kekkai Genkais.

I don't think that combinations of more than three are possible, because then,
one nature would block the other (compare Suiton and Katon). Because there are
five "base natures", there can't be a combination with more than four natures
without blocking one. A ninjutsu with all five would just... do nothing, I
guess. As written in the comments (thanks to JNat), it's possible to combine
up to 4 elements at a time, if you order them correctly.

Yes, they can. In NARUTO Hiden: Sha no Sho is stated, that shinobi can learn
more than two and theoretically up to five natures. However, using them all at
once in one attack could be... complicated.


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> Are combinations of chakra natures taught or only transmitted by Kekkei
> Genkai (or both)?

I think combinations of Chakra are generally possible only through Kekkei
Genkai, even if some can be "passed" by transplantation (e.g. Kakashi and the
Sharingan).

Although, there's the issue of Lord Tsuchikage that in the Manga claims his
master passed on to him the ability to combine _Earth_ , _Wind_ and _Fire_.
It's not revealed whether they share some blood relation so I'd treat this
with a grain of salt.

> Are combinations of more than three chakra natures possible?

There is _Kekkei Tōta_ which is a combination of three elements (such as the
Dust Release), and this is already classified as _advanced_ , so I guess that
for now, they aren't revealed as possible.

> And the above question created a new one for me: Can a ninja master more
> than three chakra natures? (I think Kakashi does, but I am not quite sure
> about this)

Yes, Kakashi masters four natures but one of them only according to the Anime,
and they are:

**Douton** \- _Earth_ ;  
**Suiton** \- _Water_ ;  
**Raiton** \- _Lightning_ ;  
**Katon** \- _Fire_ (only anime).


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Since it's very hard to answer if it's _possible_ to mix more than 3 chakra
types (I doubt it was stated anywhere in the manga), I'll try to answer the
two other parts of the question.

Lets start from the easiest one: _Can a ninja master more than three chakra
natures?_

This depends on what do you mean by "master", but the generic answer, I
believe, will be "yes". Kakashi is shown to use 4 elements (earth, fire (only
in anime), water and lightning). He didn't use any Wind techniques, but he was
able to help Naruto in his training, so he at least knows something about
them. Also note that:

  * he has natural affinity to the Lightning
  * he has used Water techniques on the level that matched the level of Zabuza, who is a water specialist

So we can say that he is a "master" of at least two elements, and definitely
can use another two (he uses fire only in the anime, though). Now, taking that
into account, I think it's safe to assume that it _is_ possible to use all the
elements. I've also seen opinions in the Internet (unconfirmed, though) that
every shinobi can actually learn techniques of every element, but they just
chose not to, and only use the element they have natural affinity to. This is
a debatable, but interesting opinion.

Now, to the question _Are combinations of chakra natures taught or only
transmitted by Kekkei Genkai (or both)?_

I believe, both. At least three techniques: Jinton, Yōton, and Jiton have more
than one user with no apparent blood relations to each other. Also Ōnoki has
stated that the secrets of Jinton were passed to him by Mū, so it implies (or
at least suggests) that these abilities may not only be transmitted by Kekkei
Genkai. So I would say that both of the ways are _plausible_. However, given
the information we have now, it's impossible to be absolutely sure.

sources: [one](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dust_Release),
[two](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake),
[three](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Lava_Release),
[four](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Magnet_Release)


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Chakra element combination is supposedly a born trait. A shinobi is _born_
with one chakra element, and can master a few more (secondary elements).

However, in some clans, such as the Senju, they were born with _two_ elements,
(both Earth and Water), and they could naturally combine them to form the Wood
element.

Since we only thought that two element combinations were possible, and we
discovered that three were indeed possible, I see no reason why there isn't a
possibility for four or more.

> _**EDIT!**_ Based on the latest manga chapters, it seems as if at least 4
> element combination is possible. Although it's an initial estimate and the
> Third _might_ be wrong about it.

We do have some examples for ninja mastering all five chakra elements, Kakuzu
is a great example. He had all five chakra elements, Water, Earth, Fire,
Lightning and Wind, in one body (though he did cheat and used 5 different
hearts for it). So it _is_ possible. It is also said that those who awaken the
Rinnegan can master all _six_ elements (Including the YinYang element).

About _mixing_ them together, since that hasn't happened yet, we can't be
sure.

## EDIT!

> Six Paths Sage Chakra, which creates the Gudodama is called **Kekkei-Mora**
> and was confirmed to be a combination of all 6 elements: Fire, water, earth,
> lightning, wind and YinYang.


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In the episode where Kakashi battles Kakuzu, Kakuzu attacks with a massive
fire attack. To counter this, Naruto and Yamato combine a water element attack
and a wind element attack. They were successful in averting the attack.

Now, the order in which the above mentioned elements come are

water -> fire -> wind -> lightening -> earth -> water.

what we can see here is: water + wind = strong attack and fire + wind = strong
attack.

So, can it be assumed that there are some elements that are more like support
to the other elements, like in this case wind is the support element to both
water and fire.


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I think that if a shinobi can use all of the chakra elements, it doesn't
guarantee that you can combine them. All of the answers above are correct in
my opinion (we can't assume anything, unless we've seen them, and I'm the
"only anime guy", so I have no idea about manga), but if I can speculate, I
would answer:

**Question 1: Are combinations of chakra natures taught or only transmitted by
Kekkei Genkai (or both)?**

I think it's by teaching someone (but I won't exclude Kekkei Genkai). Just
think about it.

For example, Sasuke can master both Katon and Raiton, from which is (not
guaranteed) born the Enton (Blaze Release). We can assume that his affinity is
for Fire (Uchiha clan/Hidden Leaf) yet he was able of learning the Lightning
style, and he learned all by himself the combination of those ('cause I can't
remember seeing someone else from the Uchiha's with that release).

Another example is the Dust Release, which was described about: Ohnoki was
taught, and yes, I think he and Mu weren't from the same family, so that's
with the teaching.

I won't exclude Kekkei Genkai, because that's something "not uncommon yet
powerful" so it can help the ninja.

**Question 2: Are combinations of more than three chakra natures possible?**

Practically, it's a smaller version of the main question. My answer is: if you
can combine 3, you can combine 5. I can't expand the answer for this question,
since we haven't seen such high skill combination. The Dust Release is 3, the
Boil Release is 2 (but the Fifth Mizukage can use 3 types too).

**Question 3: Can a ninja master more than three chakra natures?**

Absolutely! Yep, you're right: Kakashi can use at least 4 (Fire, Lightning,
Water, Earth) plus some idea about the Wind, but I think that's only because
he's got the Sharingan. If he hadn't possess an eye like that, he would know
like 2 types. To be honest, the only shinobi I could think of being capable of
using at least 3, 4 for sure, don't know about 5, it's: Madara Uchiha. I'm not
sure about the lightning style, but **he can** use the other 4.

I've just remembered, everything was created by the Sage of the Six Path,
according to the Narutoverse, therefore he used (and possessed) all of the
five natures, that's another fact!!! (I don't know about combining them, sure
he was capable of that too)

In the end, I give you a big yes for the question, and I hope that I won't die
until the end of this anime (manga). They have such potential and they can
achieve far more than I could ever imagine. I am curious what would be the
name of the release that includes all of the 5 chakra natures. We should ask
Hagoromo Otsutsuki. I'm sure, he knows it :D


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Yes but mostly only by the Uchiha clan like Sasuke, Itachi etc. Because they
have the copy wheel eyes (aka sharingan )they can learn all five jitsu by
copying and observing them.


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You must have read the manga up until the last chapter, as this does include
very late game information. From manga chapter 695 or something:

> The Sage of Six Paths was capable of mastering all 5 elemental chakras. We
> got this from the fourth Shinobi war, when Tenten, someone inept at
> ninjutsu, picked up a Sage of Six Paths tool/fan and was capable of
> utilising all 5 chakras, which exhausted her very quickly. Secondly, when
> Naruto was given power by the Sage of Six Paths, the Sage of Six Paths gave
> Naruto chakra of all the bijuu. Bijuu each having their own nature, e.g. Son
> Goku's Lava style (Fire + Earth), which means Naruto had mastered all Kekkai
> Genkai, and if he was capable of using his wind style to make a Lava Rasen
> Shuriken, I see no reason why it isn't possible to master all 5 natures, as
> well as the secondary and tertiary, or even quarternary natures.

It is possible to master and use every single chakra type.


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I know this is a very old question but since I saw a lot of small mistakes and
stuff forgotten I have to lay light on them.

**My answer contains spoilers from events that take place after the Masked
Man's identity was revealed.**

  1. The Kekkei Genkai can be passed by teaching if the student has the required chakra nature - for a proof check what Oonoki said about Muu: that he learnt his Jinton from him. So Muu taught him the Jinton since Oonoki already had the required chakra natures.

Another way to have a Kekkei Genkai is through transplantation. Examples of
this include Kakashi's Sharingan, Nagato's and Obito's Rinnegan, Danzo's
Sharingan, Madara's Wood Style, etc.

  2. It is possible to have more Kekkei Touta since changes in chakra nature have no limits. Actually, each couple of episodes we see some new jutsu from a combination of certain chakra natures, as long as you get creative enough. An example of this are Deidara's Explosion Release: it is, in fact, combined Earth and Lightning releases, but it is also clay that explodes. So we can think about it like this: it is Earth + Water forming clay, then adding Fire or Lightning to create the explosion (but it was already decided what Deidara's Explosions Release is, so we need to get creative, and maybe Water + Fire gives Boil, which when using Lightning with the steam will be filled with electricity, since water is a supporter for lightning).

Some people speculate that no matter how you think about it, with any
combination of more than 2 chakra natures, one of them will negate at least
one of the others (Earth + Water gives Wood, with Lightning the wood will be
destroyed since it's made of earth, so it's weak for lightning; Water + Wind
gives Ice, with fire you melt the ice, or combining it with Earth or Lightning
it makes no sense).

Personally I think there can be a way around it, so we can have more Kekkei
Touta.

  3. No sir, a Shinobi cannot master more than one chakra nature. But they can learn how to use more than one chakra nature — there are limits to what your body as a Shinobi can do, of course.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mDZxM.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mDZxM.png)

The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, is able to use the 5 main chakra natures.
He uses Yin and Yang too, and that's why he was called the Professor of
Konoha, and as I recall the god of Shinobi or the god of Jutsu, for knowing so
many chakra natures and every jutsu in Konoha.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sSjSH.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sSjSH.png)

Another fact is that Rinnegan users can use all chakra natures and their
combinations with no exception, as Madara showed us after gaining the power of
the Six Paths: he used the Ranton (Water+ Lightning), and Madara normally only
had Fire style. With the Rinnegan, we know, he had all chakra natures and he
also used combinations.

Also, Kakashi doesn't use the chakra natures in his 1000 jutsu: he just copies
the chakra flow and hand signs to make the jutsu like its owners.

And Kakuzu only uses chakra support system: Water to enhance Lightning, and
Wind to enhance Fire. But he doesn't use combinations — Kekkei Genkai — and he
only mastered earth style, the others are from different Shinobi.


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