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圭 — Square jewel

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary school#1837 most used
square jewel, corner, angle, edge
On’yomiケイ (kei)
On’yomi (ke)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (6 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

圭 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1837 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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