幾
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
象形。初文は「⿰奚戈」や「⿰奚戌」で、戈で奴隷(奚)の首を斬って殺害するさまを象る。のち辮髪の部分が繁化して「幾」の字形となる。「ころす」を意味する漢語{刏}を表す字。のち仮借して「いくつ」を意味する漢語{幾}などに用いる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
how many, how much, how far, how long, some, several
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- キJHS
- Kun (native)
- いく〜JHS
- いく(つ)
- いく(ら)
- Nanori (used in names)
- い
- く
- Other languages
- 拼音ji3
- 拼音ji1
- 한글gi
- Hán-ViệtKi
- Hán-ViệtKỉ
- Hán-ViệtKí
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 广(まだれ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+5E7E
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿹⿶戈𢆶人
Words using this kanji
- 幾ついくつhow many, how old
- 幾何学きかがく図形や空間の性質に関する研究を行う学問。数学の一分野。幾何。geometry
- 幾分いくぶんいくつかに分けること。また、その分けた一部分。 いくらか、少し。somewhat, to some extent, to some degree, some
- 幾らいくらhow much, something over, and something, -odd
- 幾何きか幾何学の略。 いくばく 参照。geometry
- 幾いくsome, several, a few, many
- 幾日いくにち(for) how many days, what day (of the month)
- 幾度いくどどれくらいの程度。何回。 多くの回数。(how) many times, (how) often
- 幾つかいくつか(a) few, some, several
- 幾重いくえ「いくえ」を参照。piling up, multiple layers
- 幾多いくたmany, numerous
- 幾千いくせんthousands
- 幾人いくにんhow many people
- 幾年いくねんどれくらいの年数。 何年もの間。number of years
- 幾夜いくよhow many nights, some nights, several nights, a number of nights
- 幾世いくよgenerations, ages, years
- 幾歳いくさいどれくらいの(年単位の)期間。 何年もの期間。how old, what age
- 幾月いくつきhow many months
- 幾つもいくつもmany, much, plenty, hardly
- 幾らかいくらかsome, (a) little, somewhat, to some extent
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
4-12-4- Four Corner
2245.3- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4n8.4- Heisig
- 1481
- Nelson
- 1496