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剴 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
ガイ・カイがい・かい · gai · kai
Kun
—
Meaning
apt; large sickle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Blade 刂 with 豈 as phonetic: a great sickle; by extension, fitting exactly.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 剴切がいせつ

    apt; to the point

  • 適切てきせつ

    appropriate

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

剴切(がいせつ)な指摘(してき)に返(かえ)す言葉(ことば)がなかった。

The remark was so apt I had no reply.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

剴切適切剴切to cut適suitab…刋to cut刔to gou…刎to beh…刪to del…刳to hol…乂to mow夬to dec…丐to beg艾mugwor…价messen…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading ガイAll maps

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