膾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「會」。「なます」を意味する漢語{膾}を表す字。「鱠」とも書かれる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

raw fish salad

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • なます
Other languages
  • 拼音kuai4
  • 한글hoe
  • Hán-ViệtQuái
  • Hán-ViệtKhoái

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+81BE

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月會

Words using this kanji

  • なます(なます)植物性の材料や魚介を刻んで酢に漬けて食べる料理。namasu, dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
  • 膾炙かいしゃ生肉とあぶった肉。 人々の口に上りもてはやされること。becoming well-known, becoming common knowledge

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-13
Four Corner
7826.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b13.6
Nelson
3821