粋 — chic, style, purity

すい粋 chic

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+7C8B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1768 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #993 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

chic
style
purity
essence
pith
cream
elite
choice

word

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

純(じゅん) 粋(すい) junsui pure 抜(ばっ) 粋(すい) bassui extract

いき iki 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).

粋(いき) iki chic

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

こめ米 rice #119

卆 finish

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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.

#119 米 rice