隗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

high, steep

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • けわ(しい)
Other languages
  • 拼音wei3
  • 한글oe
  • Hán-ViệtNgôi
  • Hán-ViệtNgỗi

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
阜(おか)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9697

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰阝鬼

Words using this kanji

  • 隗より始めよかいよりはじめよ遠大なことを望むのなら、まず手近なところから始めるとうまくいくものだ。 言い出した者から、率先して挑戦・実践すべきである。start with the first step, he who first suggests it should be the first to do it

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
7621.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d10.1