挨 – approach, draw near, push open

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2258 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 挨 means approach, draw near, push open. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アイ (ai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひら.く (hiraku). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	アイ	ai
Kun’yomi	ひら.く	hiraku

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 矢・厶・扎・乞.

Words using 挨

挨拶あいさつgreeting

Example sentences

彼女はにっこり挨拶をした。

She greeted us with a smile.

Tatoeba #91815

この場をお借りして一言挨拶を申し上げます。

Please allow me to say a few words on this occasion.

Tatoeba #221092

挨拶に困った。

I was at a loss for an answer.

Tatoeba #191516

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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