磬

16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

upside-V-shaped gong

On'yomi
  • ケイ
    		sounding stone

Main Radical

石(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

upside-V-shaped gong
ケイ (Kentei 1)
ケイ　キョウ　コウ
stone
いし　セキ　シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

けい
磬
sounding stone
きん
磬
inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)
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References

Unicode hex code 78EC
JIS X 0208 1-66-94
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4042
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24454
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5a11.4
Four corner code 4760.1