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Zach

Readings

Kana: コ、キョ
Romaji: ko, kyo
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Name Reading

Kana: たい
Romaji: tai
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Meanings

torch, signal fire

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  86
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  geo
Chinese Reading:  ju4
Unicode:  70ac
JIS:  5F59

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2748
New Nelson Index: 3409
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4d5.5
Four Corner Index: 9181.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18949X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0388
Remembering the kanji Index: 2536
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2596

Words

松明 (たいまつ、しょうめい、きょ)
(pine) torch; flambeau; torchlight
掘りごたつ (ほりごたつ)
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
炬燵 (こたつ、コタツ)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
置き火燵 (おきごたつ)
portable brazier
春炬燵 (はるごたつ)
kotatsu not put away but used in spring
炬燵布団 (こたつぶとん)
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu
炬燵掛け (こたつがけ)
futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu
炬火 (きょか)
pine torch; torchlight; firebrand
炬燵やぐら (こたつやぐら)
square latticed wooden frame for a kotatsu
こたつ虫 (こたつむし)
someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail
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