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Zach

楷

Reading

Kana: カイ
Romaji: kai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

square character style, correctness

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  75
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-9
Korean Reading:  hae
Chinese Reading:  jie1
Unicode:  6977
JIS:  5C34

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2318
New Nelson Index: 2781
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a9.18
Four Corner Index: 4196.1
Japanese Names Index: 2098
Daikanwanjiten Index: 15185
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0475
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 929
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 485
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1282

Words

楷書 (かいしょ)
square style of handwriting; printed style of handwriting; block style; standard style
楷書体 (かいしょたい)
square (block) style of printed typeface
楷行草 (かいぎょうそう)
printed, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts
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