6 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

lull, calm, (kokuji)

Kun'yomi
  • calm (at sea)
  • to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

なぎ 96.3%
3.7%

Character Breakdown

lull, calm, (kokuji)
なぎ な.ぐ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)

Common Words

to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.)
calm (at sea)
evening calm
morning calm (over the ocean)
backfire (of a spell, curse, etc.)
first lull of the year
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References

Unicode hex code 51EA
JIS X 0208 1-38-68
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 657
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 437
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3709
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1898
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2579
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2140
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2266
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1758
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2027
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2s4.3
Four corner code 7721.0