寄 — draw near, stop in, bring near

よる寄 draw near

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+5BC4 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #673 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #204 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

draw near
stop in
bring near
gather
collect
send
forward

word

よ yo 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).

寄(よ) る yoru to approach 寄(よ) せる yoseru to draw near 立(た) ち寄(よ) る tachiyoru to stop by 年(とし) 寄(よ) り toshiyori elderly person 寄(よ) り yori approach 取(と) り寄(よ) せる toriyoseru to order 近(ちか) 寄(よ) る chikayoru to approach 引(ひ) き寄(よ) せる hikiyoseru to draw near

き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

寄(き) 付(ふ) kifu donation 寄(き) ki approach 寄(き) 与(よ) kiyo contribution 寄(き) 稿(こう) kikou contribution 寄(き) 贈(ぞう) kizou donation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

宀 roof

き奇 strange

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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.

#40 宀 roof