寄
寄 — Draw near
draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send
On’yomiキ (ki)
Kun’yomiよる (yoru)
Kun’yomi-より (yori)
Kun’yomiよせる (yoseru)
Stroke order (11 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 寄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寄付 | きふ kifu | contribution; donation |
| 年寄り | としより toshiyori | old person; elderly person; senior citizen |
| 寄せる | よせる yoseru | to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near |
| 寄せ | よせ yose | yose; end game; last stage of a game |
| 歩み寄り | あゆみより ayumiyori | compromise; concession |
| 寄港 | きこう kikou | calling at a port; making an intermediate stop at an airport |
Study notes
寄 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #673 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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