哉
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「口」+音符「𢦏」。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- サイ
- Kun (native)
- かな
- や
- Nanori (used in names)
- か
- すけ
- とし
- ちか
- はじめ
- Other languages
- 拼音zai1
- 한글jae
- Hán-ViệtTai
Basics
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Radical
- 口(くち)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+54C9
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿹𢦏口
Words using this kanji
- 哉かなhow!, what!, alas!
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
3-6-3- Four Corner
4365.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4n5.4- Heisig
- 2741
- Nelson
- 777