兮 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 4 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 漢文の助字、置き字。古詩によく見られ、語調を整える。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

auxiliary word for euphony or emphasis

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイ
Other languages
  • 拼音xi1
  • 한글hye
  • Hán-ViệtHề

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
八(はち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+516E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱八丂

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-2
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8020.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o2.4