妓

7 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

stretch, singing girl, geisha, prostitute

Kun'yomi
  • わざおぎ
  • うたいめ
On'yomi
  • ギ
    		geisha
  • キ

Main Radical

女(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ギキ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

stretch, singing girl, geisha
ギ　わざおぎ　うたいめ (Kentei Pre-1)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
branch, support, sustain
シ　ささ.える　つか.える (5th, N3)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

ぎ
妓
geisha
しょう
娼
ぎ
妓
prostitute
び
美
ぎ
妓
beautiful maiko or geisha
めい
名
ぎ
妓
famous geisha
ぎ
妓
ろう
楼
brothel
ろう
老
ぎ
妓
aged geisha
げい
芸
ぎ
妓
geisha
ぎ
妓
いん
院
brothel
か
歌
ぎ
妓
woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen
げん
絃
ぎ
妓
geisha
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References

Unicode hex code 5993
JIS X 0208 1-21-24
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1194
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1185
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2199
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2312
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6083
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e4.7
Four corner code 4444.7