13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

crevice, fissure, discord, opportunity, leisure

Kun'yomi
  • gap ②break ③unguarded moment ④chance
  • かす
  • gap
On'yomi
  • gap ②opportunity (to take advantage of) ③discord
  • ケキ
  • キャク

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ひま 71.0%
すき 26.7%
ゲキケキ 2.3%

Character Breakdown

crevice, fissure, discord
ひま すき ゲキ (11th)
place, left village radical - 2 stroke form (no. 170)
こざと
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)

Common Words

gap ②break ③unguarded moment ④chance
gap ②spare moment ③unguarded moment
chink in the armor (armor)
draft ②cooling off of a relationship
to watch for an unguarded moment
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References

Unicode hex code 9699
JIS X 0208 1-23-68
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5017
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6471
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 670
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 826
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 614
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2426
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1394
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 41792
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1111
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2d10.4
Four corner code 7929.6