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奇

JLPT N1 8 strokes Frequency: #1367

Meanings

Strange, Strangeness, Curiosity

Radicals

大

Decomposition

⿱大可

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 大 riding a horse 可

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

3 dot right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キ ki

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あや aya

く ku

くし kushi

めずら mezura

Words Using This Kanji

134 words total

Other (20 words)

奇しきくしき

strange

奇祭きさい

strange festival

好奇心は猫をも殺すこうきしんはねこをもころす

curiosity killed the cat

好奇心旺盛こうきしんおうせい

brimming with curiosity

好奇心猫を殺すこうきしんねこをころす

curiosity killed the cat

odd function

rare stone

parity

odd parity

parity check

parity bit

longitudinal parity check

水平方向奇偶検査すいへいほうこうきぐうけんさ

LRC

列方行奇偶検査れつほうこうきぐうけんさ

transverse parity check

奇利きり

unexpected benefit

奇兵隊きへいたい

kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)

奇功きこう

outstanding achievement

奇古きこ

old and strange

奇絶きぜつ

very rare

胞状奇胎ほうじょうきたい

hydatidiform mole

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