18 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

put on armor, arm oneself

Kun'yomi
  • to put on armor (armor) ②to wear
  • armor
On'yomi
  • カイ
  • ガイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

よろい 99.7%
よろ 0.2%
カイガイ 0.1%

Character Breakdown

put on armor, arm oneself
よろい よろ.う カイ (Kentei Pre-1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
an interjection of surprise
あに カイ キ (Kentei 1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
beans, pea, midget
まめ トウ ズ (3rd, N1)
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
grass, straw, herbs

Common Words

slatted shutter
girdle-tailed lizard
storage chest for a suit of armor and a helmet
louvered window
box-shaped heavy armor, esp. used on horseback
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References

Unicode hex code 93A7
JIS X 0208 1-19-27
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4900
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6324
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2211
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1571
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2076
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2223
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40735
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a10.3
Four corner code 8211.8