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殆

殆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あぶない。あやうい。
  2. おおかた。ほとんど。大部分。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「歹」（「死」）+音符「台」。「あやうい」を意味する漢語｛殆｝を表す字。のち仮借して「ほとんど」を意味する副詞の｛殆｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

almost, quite, really

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タイ
  • サイ
Kun (native)
  • ほとほと
  • ほとん(ど)
  • あやうい
Other languages
  • 拼音dai4
  • 한글tae
  • Hán-ViệtĐãi

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
歹(かばねへん)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+6B86

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰歹台

Words using this kanji

  • 殆どほとんどalmost, nearly, mostly, practically
  • 殆ほとほとあぶない。あやうい。 おおかた。ほとんど。大部分。quite, utterly, really, completely
  • 殆どないほとんどないhardly any, almost nonexistent, very little

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
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1326.0
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