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妃 — Queen

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary school#1752 most used
queen, princess
On’yomi (hi)
Kun’yomiきさき (kisaki)

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).

Common words using 妃

WordReadingMeaning

hi
princess; consort
王妃おうひ
ouhi
queen (consort); empress (consort)
皇太子妃こうたいしひ
koutaishihi
crown princess
妃殿下ひでんか
hidenka
princess; Her Royal Highness

Study notes

妃 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1752 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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