期 – period, time, date

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#117 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 期 means period, time, date, term. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ、ゴ (ki, go). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 月 (no. 74).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
On’yomi	ゴ	go

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: 月 (Kangxi radical 74). Components: 甘・月・ハ.

Words using 期

時期じきtime延期えんきpostponement学期がっきschool term期間きかんperiod期限きげんterm期待きたいexpectation予期よきexpectation長期ちょうきlong-term定期ていきfixed period短期たんきshort-term定期券ていきけんcommuter pass期きperiod期日きじつfixed date期末きまつend of term周期しゅうきcycle末期まっきlast years

Example sentences

１年のこの時期は天候がよく変わる。

The weather changes very often at this time of year.

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私たちは会合を延期しなければならなかった。

We had to put off the meeting.

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前学期は成績がよかった。

I had a good report last term.

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Kanji with the same radical

月朝有望服朗

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