漢字道KANJIDOβ

忌 — 7 strokes / Radical「心」

道
3Junior high level / 7 strokes / Radical「心」
On
キき · ki
Kun
い.む・い.み・い.まわしいi.mu · i.mi · i.mawashii
Meaning
abhor; mourning

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

己 with 心 "heart": what the heart shuns — to abhor, mourning.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキきki忌避きひ忌中きちゅう禁忌きんき
Kunいむimu忌むいむ
Kunいまわしいimawashii忌まわしいいまわしい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 忌避きひ

    evasion; avoidance

  • 周忌しゅうき

    anniversary of a death

More words with this kanji

  • 忌憚きたん
  • 一周忌いっしゅうき
  • 猜忌さいき
  • 忌諱きき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖父(そふ)の一(いち)周忌(しゅうき)を行(おこな)った。

We held the first anniversary of my grandfather's death.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

周忌忌避忌周circum…避avoid怠neglec…愚foolis…慈mercy慕yearn…憂grieve企undert…軌track姫prince…既alread…棋board…
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)