粋 – chic, style, purity

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1768 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 粋 means chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いき (iki). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 米 (no. 119).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
Kun’yomi	いき	iki

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: 米 (Kangxi radical 119). Components: 九・十・米.

Words using 粋

粋いきchic純粋じゅんすいpure粋すいessence

Example sentences

今日の格好はとっても粋ですね。

You're looking snappy today.

Tatoeba #171968

純粋に、ミクシィユーザーが言うところの「変な人」ってどんな人なのか、私にはいまいちわからないのだ。

It's simply that I don't really understand what an "oddball" is when said by a Mixi user.

Tatoeba #76027

どうせ日本文化の粋などは連中には絶対わかるまい。

They'll never truly understand the essence of Japanese culture anyway.

Tatoeba #201384

Kanji with the same radical

米精糧粘糖粉粧粒粗粥糊

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