Kanken 1
匕

Meaning

Kanji 匕

spoon

spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
さじ
Onyomi 音読み
ヒ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
-
JLPT
-
Frequency
-
Strokes
2
Radical
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Components
-
Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

5 common entries

Showing 5 of 5 entries that include this kanji.

匙

さじ

spoon

匕首

ひしゅ

dagger

匕箸

ひちょ

spoon and chopsticks

一匕

いっぴ

one dagger

石匕

せきひ

stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

匕でスープをすくった。

I scooped the soup with the spoon.

この字の上の部分は匕に似ている。

The upper part of this character looks like a spoon.

匕は部首として使われることがある。

This character is sometimes used as a radical.

先生は黒板に匕を書いた。

The teacher wrote the character on the blackboard.

辞書で匕の意味を調べた。

I looked up the meaning of that character in the dictionary.