魁

14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

charging ahead of others

Kun'yomi
  • さきがけ
    		pioneer ②leading an attack
  • かしら
On'yomi
  • カイ

Main Radical

鬼(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さきがけ 88.1%
カイ 11.9%

Character Breakdown

charging ahead of others
さきがけ　カイ　かしら (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ghost, devil
おに　キ (7th, N1)
head or face of a ghost, spirit, or demon
フツ　フチ　ヒ
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper
ト　ます　トウ (8th, N1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Common Words

しゅ
首
かい
魁
forerunner
きょ
巨
かい
魁
ringleader
かい
魁
い
偉
brawny
よう
容
ぼう
貌
かい
魁
い
偉
(a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique
かい
魁
せい
星
first star of the Big Dipper ②top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China)
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References

Unicode hex code 9B41
JIS X 0208 1-19-1
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5277
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6834
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4125
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2095
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2838
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2924
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2932
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2423
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 45785
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2083
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5f9.1
Four corner code 2421.0