咳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

cough, clear throat

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
  • ガイ
Kun (native)
  • せ(く)
  • しわぶ(く)
  • せき
  • しわぶき
Other languages
  • 拼音ke2
  • 拼音hai1
  • 拼音ka3
  • 拼音kai4
  • 한글hae
  • Hán-ViệtKhái

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+54B3

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口亥

Words using this kanji

  • せき(せき、しわぶき)気道の粘膜が異物などで刺激されることで起きる体の防御反応。cough, coughing, tussis
  • 咳嗽がいそうcough, coughing
  • 咳くしわぶくto cough, to clear one's throat
  • 咳くせくto cough
  • 咳払いせきばらいclearing one's throat, cough
  • 咳止めせきどめcough medicine, cough syrup, cough lozenge
  • 咳き込むせきこむto cough violently, to have a coughing fit
  • 咳が出るせきがでるto have a cough, to cough
  • 咳き上げるせきあげるto have a coughing fit, to sob convulsively
  • 咳エチケットせきエチケット咳や嚏が出た際に病原体を拡散しないようにするためのエチケット。cough etiquette, coughing etiquette

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
6008.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d6.10
Heisig
2283
Nelson
921