鎧 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

put on armor, arm oneself

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
  • ガイ
Kun (native)
  • よろ(う)
  • よろい
Other languages
  • 拼音kai3
  • 한글gae
  • Hán-ViệtKhải

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+93A7

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金豈

Words using this kanji

  • よろいarmor, armour
  • 鎧戸よろいどslatted shutter, louver door (window)
  • 鎧球がいきゅうアメリカンフットボールAmerican football
  • 鎧竜がいりゅうankylosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Ankylosauria)
  • 鎧鼠よろいねずみarmadillo
  • 鎧草よろいぐさAngelica dahurica (species of angelica)
  • 鎧櫃よろいびつstorage chest for a suit of armour and a helmet
  • 鎧板よろいいたlouver slat, louvre slat
  • 鎧うよろうto put on armour (armor), to wear armour, to arm oneself, to wear
  • 鎧鮫よろいざめkitefin shark (Dalatias licha), seal shark
  • 鎧窓よろいまどlouvered window
  • 鎧蜥蜴よろいとかげgirdle-tailed lizard
  • 鎧鼬魚よろいいたちうおsnubnose brotula, armoured cusk (Hoplobrotula armata)
  • 鎧袖一触がいしゅういっしょく(鎧の袖が少し触れるだけで、相手を倒してまう様に)実力の差を見せつけ相手を圧倒するさま。(beating someone) hands down, with a single blow
  • 鎧土竜蜚蠊よろいもぐらごきぶりgiant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(21 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-10
Four Corner
8211.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a10.3
Heisig
2223
Nelson
4900