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凱

凱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 戦勝の音楽。
  2. 戦勝。
  3. たのしむ。
  4. やわらぐ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。音符「豈」＋音符「几」。「やわらぐ」を意味する漢語｛凱｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

victory song

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガイ
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • かちどき
  • やわらぐ
Other languages
  • 拼音kai3
  • 한글gae
  • Hán-ViệtKhải

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
几(つくえ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+51F1

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰豈几

Words using this kanji

  • 凱旋がいせん戦いに勝って帰ってくること。triumphant return, returning in triumph
  • 凱歌がいか凱旋の際に歌う歌。勝(ち)鬨。victory song, victory
  • 凱風がいふう初夏に吹く穏やかな南風。 （比喩）恩恵。southerly wind
  • 凱旋軍がいせんぐんreturning victorious army
  • 凱旋門がいせんもん凱旋を記念したり、凱旋の軍隊を讃えるために建てられた門。arch of triumph, triumphal arch
  • 凱旋将軍がいせんしょうぐんtriumphant general, general returning in triumph
  • 凱旋公演がいせんこうえんperformance given after a successful tour abroad

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-10-2
Four Corner
2711.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2s10.1
Heisig
2224
Nelson
661