漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
埼: cape, spit
Also: promontory
N1 (our estimate)11 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 奇 is drawn in
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
さきsaki · kun'yomi · on its own
- 埼さきsmall peninsula; cape; promontory
さいsai · kun'yomi
- 埼玉さいたまSaitama (city, prefecture)
- 埼銀さいぎんSaitama Bank (abbr)
Also read キ, みさき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
奇
Also built on strange (奇)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side埼 cape · 土
vs寄 draw near · 宀In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qí
Same form: 埼 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 埼 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 埼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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