快
快 — Cheerful
cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
On’yomiカイ (kai)
Kun’yomiこころよい (kokoroyoi)
Stroke order (7 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 快
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 快適 | かいてき kaiteki | pleasant; agreeable; comfortable |
| 明快 | めいかい meikai | clear; clear-cut; lucid |
| 快挙 | かいきょ kaikyo | brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment |
| 豪快 | ごうかい goukai | hearty; tremendous; magnificent |
| 軽快 | けいかい keikai | light (of movements); nimble; sprightly |
| 不快 | ふかい fukai | displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness |
Study notes
快 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1074 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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