快 — pleasant, cheerful, comfortable
かい
快
pleasant
かい
U+5FEB
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1074
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1664
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- pleasant
- cheerful
- comfortable
Readings
- On'yomi
- かい kai
- Kun'yomi
- こころよ kokoroyo
word
かい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
こころよ kokoroyo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
17 wordsEach dot is a word containing 快: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 6 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 忄 (heart radical) gives the meaning. 夬 (kai, decisive) provides the sound. Pleasant and cheerful.