祉
祉 — Welfare
welfare, happiness
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (8 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 祉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 福祉 | ふくし fukushi | welfare; well-being; social welfare |
| 社会福祉 | しゃかいふくし shakaifukushi | social welfare |
| 老人福祉 | ろうじんふくし roujinfukushi | welfare for the aged |
Study notes
祉 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1063 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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