10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

approach, draw near, push open

Kun'yomi
  • ひら
On'yomi
  • アイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

アイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

approach, draw near, push open
アイ ひら.く (11th)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
sentence particle
 (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
dart, arrow
や シ (2nd, N1)
person(人) variant
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

greeting ②speech (congratulatory or appreciative) ③a fine thing to say ④dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) ⑤relationship (between people) ⑥intervention
greeting ②a fine thing to say
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
without compliments (greetings)
dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)
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References

Unicode hex code 6328
JIS X 0208 1-16-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1910
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2160
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 510
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 383
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2248
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1310
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12082
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1101
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c7.12
Four corner code 5303.4
De Roo Code 1363