字の旅2,200 years in two forms
Small seal · QinQin · 221 BCE說文‧几部
Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Structures & Home
几
几 table, low bench
きにょう kinyou
2 strokesRadical of 4 kanjiPart of 10
Your ink in 几0% painted · 0 of 4 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A small stool viewed from the side. The original version was 𠀃, in which the horizontal stroke at the bottom represents the floor and/or the ground.
Source: Wiktionary, 几 (rev. 92199973), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Take a seat or set it down! This radical represents the quiet, functional surfaces of the home—the tables and benches that support our daily work and rest. When you see it, think of structural support, stability, and the physical foundation of an object. It brings a sense of grounded utility and the simple comfort of household furniture to any character it joins.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates furniture (tables, stools), physical support and stability, specific locations, or the concept of things being "ordinary" and common.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 几, with sourced origins
- 処disposeショ · ところ
虍sound + 夂 + 几
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, 處, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 几 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 4 kanji