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乖

乖 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おとなしい。
  2. かしこい。
  3. そむく。それる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。｛擯｝の初文 + 音符「𠁥」。「そむく」を意味する漢語｛乖｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

oppose, disobey

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • そむ(く)
  • もとる
Other languages
  • 拼音guai1
  • 한글goe
  • Hán-ViệtQuai

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
丿(の)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+4E56

Components

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Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻千北

Words using this kanji

  • 乖離かいり別の方向に反れて離れること。又、懸け離れていること。 ある数値などから離れていること。差。divergence, alienation, deviation, estrangement
  • 乖離率かいりりつdeviation rate, rate of divergence

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-8-3
Four Corner
2011.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2k6.4
Heisig
2924
Nelson
206