介 — jammed in, shellfish, mediate

かい介 jammed in

かい

U+4ECB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #617 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #265 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

jammed in
shellfish
mediate
concern oneself with

Readings

On'yomi: かい kai

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).

介(かい) kai mediation 紹(しょう) 介(かい) shoukai introduction 介(かい) 護(ご) kaigo nursing care 介(かい) 入(にゅう) kainyuu intervention 仲(ちゅう) 介(かい) chuukai mediation 介(かい) す kaisu to mediate 厄(やっ) 介(かい) yakkai troublesome 介(かい) 助(じょ) kaijo assistance

Words by frequency and grade

13 words

Each dot is a word containing 介: 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 · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

ひと人 person #9

丿 slash

丨 pole

Used as component in (1)

かい界 world

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#9 人 person