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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

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

月 (moon/month) + 其 (sound) — a span of time marked by the moon's cycle: a period or term.

OFFICIAL READINGS

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

Compounds

  • 学期がっき

    school term

  • 期間きかん

    period, term

More words with this kanji

  • 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

Example

A sentence using this kanji

二(に)学期(がっき)が はじまる。

The second school term begins.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

学期期間期学study間betwee…有to exi…服clothe…月moon肌skin肋rib起get up几small…乞beg己onesel…五five
CompoundRadicalReading

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