9 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

beheading

Kun'yomi
  • くびき
    to behead ②to fire
On'yomi
  • ケイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

beheading
ケイ くびき.る (Kentei 1)
path, diameter, method
ケイ みち こみち (Kentei 1)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
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)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ

Common Words

committing suicide by slitting one's throat
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References

Unicode hex code 5244
JIS X 0208 1-49-77
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 687
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 483
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1990
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2f7.2
Four corner code 1210.0