諧

16 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

harmony

Kun'yomi
  • かなう
  • やわらぐ
On'yomi
  • カイ

Main Radical

言(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

harmony
カイ　かな.う　やわ.らぐ (11th)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
all, everything
みな　カイ　むな (7th, N3)
compare, race, ratio
ヒ　くら.べる　い (5th, N2)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
white
しろ　ハク　しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)

Common Words

はい
俳
かい
諧
haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.) ②haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century) ③absurd
かい
諧
ぎゃく
謔
joke
はい
俳
かい
諧
し
師
writer of haikai poems
はん
半
かい
諧
おん
音
assonance
かい
諧
せい
声
vocal harmony ②phono-semantic character
かい
諧
ちょう
調
harmonious melody
こっ
滑
けい
稽
かい
諧
ぎゃく
謔
smooth-talking and humorous
はい
俳
かい
諧
　
の
れん
連
が
歌
haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
かい
諧
ぎゃく
謔
　
を
ろう
弄
　
す
　
る
to crack jokes
かい
諧
わ
和
gentle mutual affection ②harmony
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References

Unicode hex code 8AE7
JIS X 0208 1-75-63
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4413
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5670
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2008
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1442
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 486
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2639
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 35718
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1069
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7a9.11
Four corner code 0166.1