Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes

皐: swamp, shore

Also: fifth month

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

白 carries the meaning · 二 and 十 are drawn in

11 strokes

Two readings

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

No common words use this reading.

さつきsatsuki · kun'yomi · on its own

No common words use this reading.

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 皐月鱒さつきますsea-run variety of red-spotted masu trout…
  • 皐月晴れさつきばれfine weather during the rainy season

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

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Pure as the morning light! Imagine the very first ray of sun clearing the darkness, leaving everything bright and white.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · gāo

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin gāo 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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