互 – mutually, reciprocally, together

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The kanji 互 means mutually, reciprocally, together. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴ (go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たが.い、かたみ.に (tagai, katamini). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 二 (no. 7).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	たが.い	tagai
Kun’yomi	かたみ.に	katamini

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 二 (Kangxi radical 7). Components: ヨ・一・彑.

Words using 互

互いたがいeach otherお互いおたがいeach other相互そうごmutual交互こうごalternate

Example sentences

結婚は２人が互いを理解し合えばすばらしいものとなりうる。

Marriage can be a wonderful thing if two people understand each other.

Tatoeba #175751

お互い相性がいい。

The chemistry is right for us.

Tatoeba #227161

それは相互理解の欠如がもとになっていると思う。

I think that is based on a lack of mutual understanding.

Tatoeba #205015

Kanji with the same radical

二五井云

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