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際 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」
On
サイさい · sai
Kun
きわkiwa
Meaning
occasion; edge; time (when)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⻖ "wall" plus 祭; the seam where two walls meet — hence "edge," and by extension "the occasion."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサイさいsai際限さいげん交際こうさいこの際このさい
Kunきわkiwa際さい際立つきわだつ窓際まどぎわ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 国際こくさい

    international

  • 実際じっさい

    actually; in practice

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

国際(こくさい)空港(くうこう)から出発(しゅっぱつ)した。

We departed from the international airport.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

国際実際際国countr…実fruit防to pre…限limit険steep阡a thou…阯the si…再again災disast…妻wife殺to kil…財wealth
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical ⻖Map of reading サイAll maps

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

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