Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

尭: high, far

JLPT N18 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

儿 carries the meaning · 卉 and 兀 are drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ギョウgyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 尭尭ぎょうぎょうhigh (as of a mountain)

Also read たかい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand tall on your own two feet! This radical represents the physical foundation of a person—their legs and their incredible ability to walk, stand firm, and move through the world.”
More in the 儿 human legs story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
卉

Also built on 卉

兀

Also built on 兀

儿

Also built on human legs (儿)

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尭 gives its sound to

The family reading is ギョウ (gyou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ギョウ

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
尭 high · 兀 + 儿
vs奔 run · 大
尭 has 兀 + 儿 where 奔 has 大.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · yáo

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin yáo 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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