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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

椅: chair

N1 (our estimate)12 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 奇 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

イi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 椅子いす
  • 車椅子くるまいすwheelchair
  • 長椅子ながいすcouch; bench; ottoman

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

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奇

Also built on strange (奇)

Also read イ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
椅 chair · 木
vs寄 draw near · 宀
椅 has 木 where 寄 has 宀.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yǐ

Same form: 椅 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
椅 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
椅 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yǐ 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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