猊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ライオン。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声文字、「犬」+ 音符「兒」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lion, the seat of a famous priest

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゲイ
Other languages
  • 拼音ni2
  • 한글ye
  • Hán-ViệtNghê

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+730A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭兒

Words using this kanji

  • 猊下げいか高僧のそば近く。 高僧に対する敬称。your highness, your grace, your eminence
  • 猊鼻渓げいびけいGeibi Gorge (Ichinoseki, Iwate)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

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Lookup codes

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