其 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. それ。その。
  2. (副詞)それ。おそらく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

原字はちりとりを象る象形で、のち羨符(意味のない装飾的な筆画)を加えて「其」の字体となる。「ちりとり」「み」を意味する漢語{箕}を表す字。のち仮借して「その」を意味する漢語{其}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

that

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • それ
  • その
Other languages
  • 拼音qi2
  • 拼音ji1
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtKỳ
  • Hán-Việt
  • Hán-ViệtKi

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
八(はち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5176

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿴龷二八

Words using this kanji

  • 其奴そいつhe, she, that person, that guy
  • 其処そこthere (place relatively near listener), there (place just mentioned), that place, then (of some incident just spoken of)
  • 其方そちらthat way, that direction, there, that (one)
  • 其のその「その」の漢字表記。that, the, part (as in "part two"), um ...
  • 其れそれ「それ」を参照。that, it, then, that point (in time)
  • 其れでそれでso, therefore, and, (and) then
  • 其れにそれにbesides, in addition, also, moreover
  • 其処でそこでso, accordingly, now, then
  • 其れからそれからand then, after that
  • 其れともそれともor, or else
  • 其のままそのままwithout change, as is, just like, extremely similar
  • 其れではそれではwell, ..., right, ..., now, ..., so
  • 其れでもそれでも「それでも」を参照。but (still), and yet, nevertheless, even so
  • 其れならそれならif that's the case ..., if so ..., that being the case ...
  • 其れ其れそれぞれ「それぞれ」を参照。each, respectively
  • that, you, oneself, themself
  • that, he, she, that person
  • 其々そそcome on, hurry up, chop chop, yeah
  • 其方そなたthere, that way, you
  • 其処らそこらaround there, that area, that, that matter

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(53 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-2
Four Corner
4480.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o6.6
Nelson
590