Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

径: diameter, path

Also: method

JLPT N18 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

彳 carries the meaning · 圣 gives the sound

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 径路けいろpath, route, process
  • 直径ちょっけいdiameter
  • 半径はんけいradius
  • 口径こうけいaperture, bore, calibre
  • 直情径行ちょくじょうけいこうstraightforward, guileless
  • 内径ないけいbore; inside diameter

Also read みち, こみち, さしわたし, ただちに, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Take the first step on your journey! These three quick strokes show the left side of a bustling street or a person taking a brisk step forward.”
More in the 彳 step story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
彳

Also built on step (彳)

All 19
圣

Also built on 圣

径 takes the 圣 family's reading, ケイ (kei).

Also read ケイ

41 kanji share this on'yomiAll 41

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
径 diameter · 彳
vs怪 suspicious · 忄
径 has 彳 where 怪 has 忄.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 徑 · jìng

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 径. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 徑.

Simplified
径 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
徑 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jìng 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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