磯 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

seashore, beach

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • いそ
Nanori (used in names)
Other languages
  • 拼音ji1
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtKi

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
石(いし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+78EF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰石幾

Words using this kanji

  • いそ(いそ)岩石などが露出している湖岸や海岸。(rocky) beach, seashore
  • 磯辺いそべseashore, beach, food wrapped in nori
  • 磯鵯いそひよどりblue rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)
  • 磯鷸いそしぎcommon sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
  • 磯波いそなみsurf
  • 磯蟹いそがにAsian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
  • 磯馴そなれJapanese garden juniper, dwarf Japanese garden juniper, Juniperus procumbens, J. chinensis var. procumbens
  • 磯魚いそうおinshore fish, fish living in rocky coastal waters
  • 磯鮪いそまぐろdogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)
  • 磯祭いそまつり(rocky) seashore party, seashore festival, celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul
  • 磯笛いそぶえsea whistle
  • 磯汁いそじるseafood soup
  • 磯浜いそはまpebbly beach, rocky beach
  • 磯菊イソギクgold and silver chrysanthemum (Ajania pacifica)
  • 磯巾着いそぎんちゃくイソギンチャク目の動物の総称。sea anemone
  • 磯釣りいそづりsurf fishing, rock fishing, fishing from rocks by the shore
  • 磯伝いいそづたいalong a rocky beach
  • 磯千鳥いそちどりbeach plover
  • 磯蚯蚓いそめeunicid (any worm of family Eunicidae)
  • 磯撫でいそなでmythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan, Beach Stroker

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(35 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-12
Four Corner
1265.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5a12.1
Heisig
2640
Nelson
3221