乂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

mow, cut grass, subdue

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガイ
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • おさ(める)
  • か(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 拼音ai4
  • 한글ye
  • Hán-ViệtNghệ

Basics

Strokes
2 strokes
Radical
丿(の)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+4E42

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻丿乀

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-2-4
Four Corner
4000.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a2.11