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級 — 9 strokes / Radical「糸」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 9 strokes / Radical「糸」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
—
Meaning
grade, class, rank

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

糸 (thread) + 及 (sound) — threads lined up in order, giving the idea of grade or class.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū等級とうきゅう上級じょうきゅう階級かいきゅう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 学級がっきゅう

    school class

  • 上級じょうきゅう

    advanced level

More words with this kanji

  • 晋級しんきゅう
  • 弩級どきゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

わたしの 学級(がっきゅう)は 元気(げんき)です。

My class is lively.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

上級学級級上up学study終end練practi…緑green糸thread糺to cal…究invest…急hurry宮shrine球ball九nine
CompoundRadicalReading

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