級 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「及」。「くらい」を意味する漢語{級}を表す字。「糸」は階級を表す帯からの連想による。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

class, rank, grade

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • しな
Other languages
  • 拼音ji2
  • 한글geub
  • Hán-ViệtCấp

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

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+7D1A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸及

Words using this kanji

  • きゅう(しな)短い糸をつなぎ合わせ、1本の糸にしたもの。 (キュウ)階級や等級をあらわす接尾語、またはその位置を数える助数詞。 写真植字で活字の大きさの単位。1級は0.25ミリメートル。英語quarter(4分の1)の頭文字Qに漢字を当てたもの。(school) grade, year, class, class
  • 級友きゅうゆう学校で同じ学級の友達。クラスメイト。classmate, friend in the same class
  • 級数きゅうすうある数列について、その項を順に加えたもの。series
  • 級長きゅうちょう学級の長である生徒、児童。class representative, head of class
  • 級別きゅうべつgrading, classification
  • 級章きゅうしょうbadge of rank, rank insignia

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(226 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-3
Four Corner
2794.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a3.2
Heisig
1453
Nelson
3496