偕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

together

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • ともに
Other languages
  • 拼音xie2
  • 拼音jie1
  • 한글hae
  • 한글hye
  • Hán-ViệtGiai

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5055

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻皆

Words using this kanji

  • 偕楽かいらく皆とともに楽しむこと。enjoying oneself with others
  • 偕老かいろう夫婦が老いても共に仲良くくらすこと。growing old together
  • 偕成かいせいKaisei (publisher)
  • 偕老同穴かいろうどうけつ共に暮らして老い、死んだ後は同じ墓穴に葬られること。夫婦の信頼関係が非常にかたいこと。中国の古書詩経に由来する。 カイロウドウケツ科の海綿動物の総称。この海綿動物の胃腔の中に雌雄一対のドウケツエビが住むことが多いことから、まずそのエビの名が偕老同穴となり、後に海綿動物の名となった。happy life partnership, living faithfully together till death, Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-9
Four Corner
2126.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a9.11
Nelson
501