妓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

stretch, singing girl, geisha, prostitute

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • わざおぎ
  • うたいめ
Other languages
  • 拼音ji4
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-Việt

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5993

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女支

Words using this kanji

  • geisha
  • 妓楼ぎろう遊女屋。女郎屋。青楼。brothel
  • 妓生キーセン(朝鮮史)「キーセン」参照。kisaeng (Korean female entertainer)
  • 妓夫ぎゅう夜鷹に従い、客引きや護衛をする男。 遊女屋で客引きをする若い男性。pimp, brothel tout
  • 妓院ぎいん妓楼。遊女屋。brothel

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
4444.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e4.7
Heisig
2312
Nelson
1194