介 – jammed in, shellfish, mediate

4 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#617 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 介 means jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ (kai). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai

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: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: ハ・个.

Words using 介

紹介しょうかいintroduction厄介やっかいtrouble介護かいごnursing介入かいにゅうintervention介抱かいほうnursing

Example sentences

あなたを私の両親に紹介したい。

I want you to meet my parents.

Tatoeba #231428

その老婦人は回復しつつあり、病院から派遣された看護婦によって充分な介護を受けている。

The old woman is getting better and is being taken good care of by a nurse from the hospital.

Tatoeba #206080

このテーマに関するほとんどの研究では、立法府の介入が悪影響をもたらしたということが示されている。

It has been shown in most studies on this subject that intervention of the legislature had adverse effects.

Tatoeba #223517

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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