快 – cheerful, pleasant, agreeable

7 strokesTaught in grade 5#1074 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 快 means cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ (kai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こころよ.い (kokoroyoi). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
Kun’yomi	こころよ.い	kokoroyoi

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: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 人・大・二・忙・ユ.

Words using 快

快適かいてきpleasant愉快ゆかいpleasant快晴かいせいclear weather快いこころよいpleasant軽快けいかいlight (of movements)全快ぜんかいcomplete recovery of health

Example sentences

これはたいそう快適な暖炉ですね。

This is a very nice fireplace.

Tatoeba #218585

あなたは昨日愉快に過ごしましたか。

Did you enjoy yourself yesterday?

Tatoeba #232012

今日は快晴だ。これで一日中仕事が出来る。

It's fair today, so we can work all day.

Tatoeba #171676

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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