Kanji · first appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary
埃

埃 – dust

10 strokesN3 vocabulary

The kanji 埃 means dust. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アイ (ai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほこり、ちり (hokori, chiri). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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

Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiアイai
Kun’yomiほこりhokori
Kun’yomiちりchiri

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: (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 土・矢・厶・乞.

Words using 埃

Kanji with the same radical

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