漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
級: class, rank
Also: grade
JLPT N19 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 及 gives the sound
9 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 進級するしんきゅうするadvance (in school)
- 級友きゅうゆうclassmate
- 同級生どうきゅうせいclassmate
- 上級じょうきゅうadvanced level, senior
- 中級ちゅうきゅうintermediate level
- 初級しょきゅうelementary level
- 高級こうきゅうhigh class
- 低級ていきゅうlow grade
- 一級いっきゅうfirst class
- 階級かいきゅうclass, rank
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side級 class · 及
vs約 promise · 勺In ChineseSimplified 级 · traditional, as in Japanese · jí
Japan keeps the traditional form 級; mainland China simplifies it to 级.
- Simplified
- 级 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 級 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jí 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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