季 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

brushOrigin of the character

構形本義不詳（OC/*kʷi[t]-s/）。一説には｛穗/*s.[ɢ]ʷi[t]-s/｝の表意字が声符の形声字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

seasons

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• キElem.

Nanori (used in names)

• すえ
• とし

Other languages

• 拼音ji4
• 한글gye
• Hán-ViệtQuý

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

宀(うかんむり)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 2

Unicode

U+5B63

grid_viewComponents

• 子こ
• 禾のぎ

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱禾子

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 季節きせつ毎年規則的に推移する気温の高低や天候など気象条件、天体の運行や昼夜の長短、動植物の生長などに応じて一年を分けた単位。 日本などにおいて、四季それぞれのこと。四季折々。 一年の内、何か特定な事が起こる時期。シーズン。「桜の季節」「鍋の季節」season, time of year
• 季語きご［狭義］ （明治時代の末以降の認識では、）俳句において、一定の季節と結び付け、その季節を表すと定められている語。季題ともいう。seasonal word (in haiku)
• 季刊きかん一年に春・夏・秋・冬の四回刊行すること。quarterly publication
• 季節風きせつふう半年ごとに吹く向きが変わる風。seasonal winds
• 季き（キ）俳句に読み込む四季の景物。season (in nature, sports, etc.), seasonal word or phrase (in haiku), year
• 季候きこう季節と天候。時候。season, climate
• 季春きしゅん春の終わり。 陰暦三月の異称。late spring, third month of the lunar calendar
• 季末きまつend of the season
• 季題きだい俳句の季語。 俳句の詠題としての季語。seasonal word (in haiku), seasonal topic (in haiku)
• 季子きしlast child
• 季夏きか夏の終わりの季節。晩夏。 陰暦の六月。end of summer, sixth month of the lunar calendar
• 季秋きしゅう秋の末のころ。晩秋。 陰暦の九月のこと。end of autumn, ninth month of the lunar calendar
• 季冬きとう冬の終わり。晩冬。 陰暦十二月。end of winter, twelfth month of the lunar calendar
• 季詞きことばseasonal word (in haiku)
• 季世きせいこの世の終わり。末世。degenerate age, corrupt world
• 季節的きせつてきseasonal
• 季刊誌きかんし年間で四回（三ヶ月ごと）に刊行される雑誌。quarterly (magazine, journal, etc.)
• 季節感きせつかんsense of the seasons, feeling of seasonality
• 季節性きせつせいseasonality, seasonal
• 季節柄きせつがらin these times, in times likes these, the season being what it is

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(89 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 委One part differs
• 秀One part differs
• 香One part differs
• 盉One part differs
• 禿One part differs
• 秂One part differs
• 秊One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-5-3

Four Corner

2040.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

5d2.3

Heisig

978

Nelson

3266