Kanji

楷

Meaning

square character style and correctness

Readings

On'yomi

  • かい しょ printed style (of writing Chinese characters)
  • かい regular script (of Chinese characters)
  • かい のき Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

楷
square character style, correctness
カイ
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
皆
all, everything
みな, みんな, カイ
比
compare, race, ratio...
くら.べる, ヒ
匕
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
さじ, ヒ
白
white
しろ, しら-, ハク
日
day, sun, Japan...
ひ, -び, ニチ

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