凱
凱 — Victory song
victory song
On’yomiガイ (gai)
On’yomiカイ (kai)
Kun’yomiかちどき (kachidoki)
Kun’yomiやわらぐ (yawaragu)
Stroke order (12 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 凱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凱旋 | がいせん gaisen | triumphant return; returning in triumph |
| 凱歌 | がいか gaika | victory song; victory |
Study notes
凱 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2293 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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