際 – occasion, side, edge

14 strokesTaught in grade 5#183 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 際 means occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サイ (sai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きわ、-ぎわ (kiwa, giwa). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サイ	sai
Kun’yomi	きわ	kiwa
Kun’yomi	-ぎわ	giwa

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: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: ノ・示・二・小・癶・阡.

Words using 際

国際こくさいinternational際さいoccasion実際じっさいreality交際こうさいcompany手際てぎわskill

Example sentences

今月は国際貿易見本市が開かれている。

We are having an international trade fair this month.

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火事の際は１１９番に電話してください。

In the case of fire, dial 119.

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この物語は実際の出来事に基づいている。

This story is based on actual events.

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Kanji with the same radical

院防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥阻

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.