漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
楷: square character style, correctness
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 皆 is drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 楷書かいしょprinted style (of writing Chinese…
- 楷かいregular script (of Chinese characters)
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 楷樹かいのきChinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
皆
Also built on all (皆)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side楷 square character style · 木
vs階 storey · ⻖In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kǎi
Same form: 楷 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 楷 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 楷 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kǎi 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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