13 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

whirl, swirl

Kun'yomi
  • がい
  • めぐ
On'yomi
  • カイ
  • ワイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

whirl, swirl
キ エ カイ (Kentei 1)
box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22)
ホウ (Kentei 1)
name of a Chinese river
ワイ エ カイ (Kentei 1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 532F
JIS X 0208 1-50-27
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 594
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2644
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2t11.1
Four corner code 7171.1