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魁

魁 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. その道をはじめてひらいた人。元祖。
  2. 首領。一団の仲間を率いてく者。
  3. あつものをくむひしゃく。柄が長く頭まるく大きい。
  4. 科挙の試験の各科の首席。
  5. 大きくて、目立つ。堂々としているさま。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「斗」+音符「鬼」。｛魁｝（さじ）を表す字。のち仮借して「かしら」の意に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

charging ahead of others

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • さきがけ
  • かしら
Other languages
  • 拼音kui2
  • 한글goe
  • Hán-ViệtKhôi

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
鬼(おに)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9B41

Components

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Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺鬼斗

Words using this kanji

  • 魁偉かいい体つきや顔つきが大きく立派であること。またそのさま。brawny, muscular, impressive, gigantic
  • 魁星かいせいfirst star of the Big Dipper, top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-10-4
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2421.0
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5f9.1
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2932
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5277