16 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

neck, head

Kun'yomi
  • neck ②head ③dismissal (from a job)
On'yomi
  • ケイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ケイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

neck, head
ケイ くび (Kentei Pre-1)
streams running underground, flowing water
ケイ キョウ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 9838
JIS X 0208 1-80-84
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5132
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6638
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1611
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2035
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2828
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 43515
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 9a7.4
Four corner code 7118.6