径 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
- On
- ケイ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- path; diameter
Origin
A phono-semantic character: 彳 (road/going) plus 巠 as the sound part; a narrow path, also 'diameter'.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ケイ | 直径・直情径行 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 直径ちょっけい
diameter
- 半径はんけい
radius
Example
この円の直径をはかりましょう。
Let's measure the diameter of this circle.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)