奇 – strange, strangeness, curiosity

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1367 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 奇 means strange, strangeness, curiosity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is く.しき、あや.しい、くし、めずら.しい (kushiki, ayashii, kushi, mezurashii). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	く.しき	kushiki
Kun’yomi	あや.しい	ayashii
Kun’yomi	くし	kushi
Kun’yomi	めずら.しい	mezurashii

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: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 一・口・大・亅.

Words using 奇

奇妙きみょうstrange

Example sentences

これはとても奇妙な手紙です。

This is a very strange letter.

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Kanji with the same radical

大夫失天太央契奪奥奏奨奮奉奢

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