互
互 — Mutually
mutually, reciprocally, together
On’yomiゴ (go)
Kun’yomiたがい (tagai)
Kun’yomiかたみに (katamini)
Stroke order (4 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 互
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相互 | そうご sougo | mutual; reciprocal |
| 互い | たがい tagai | each other; one another |
| 互いに | たがいに tagaini | mutually; with each other; reciprocally |
| 互角 | ごかく gokaku | equal (in ability); even; evenly matched |
| 交互 | こうご kougo | alternate; alternating |
| 互換 | ごかん gokan | interchange; transposition; compatible (e.g. PC) |
Study notes
互 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 4 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #914 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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