咳 – cough, clear throat

9 strokesN3 vocabulary

The kanji 咳 means cough, clear throat. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ、ガイ (kai, gai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is せ.く、しわぶ.く、せき、しわぶき (seku, shiwabuku, seki, shiwabuki). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
On’yomi	ガイ	gai
Kun’yomi	せ.く	seku
Kun’yomi	しわぶ.く	shiwabuku
Kun’yomi	せき	seki
Kun’yomi	しわぶき	shiwabuki

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: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・人・亠・ノ・丶.

Words using 咳

咳せきcough

Example sentences

母親はトムの咳のことを心配している。

Tom's mother worries about his cough.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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