期 — 12 strokes / Radical「月」
道8Elementary year 3 / 12 strokes / Radical「月」
- On
- キ・ゴき・ご · ki · go
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- period, term
Stroke order
Origin
月 (moon/month) + 其 (sound) — a span of time marked by the moon's cycle: a period or term.
Readings and examples
| Onキきki | 期間きかん期待きたい予期よき |
|---|---|
| Onゴごgo | 最期さいごこの期に及んでこのきにおよんで |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 学期がっき
school term
- 期間きかん
period, term
- 期待きたい
- 期限きげん
- 時期尚早じきしょうそう
- 劃期的かっきてき
Example
二学期が はじまる。
The second school term begins.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)