Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

赳: strong and brave

JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

走 carries the meaning · 丨 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading

キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds

No common words use this reading.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Pick up the pace! Imagine a runner speeding down a track, their feet barely touching the earth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
赳 strong and brave · 丨
vs起 rouse · 己
赳 has 丨 where 起 has 己.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiū

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

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

Pinyin jiū 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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