4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)

Kun'yomi
  • tusk
On'yomi
  • tooth ②ivory

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

きば 97.8%
1.8%
0.4%

Character Breakdown

tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)
きば ガ ゲ (11th)

Contained In

穿

Common Words

stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent)
poison fang ②sinister ways
claws and fangs ②clutches ③pawn ④right-hand man
dragon's fang
teeth (and tusks)
to sharpen one's fangs
to bare one's fangs
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References

Unicode hex code 7259
JIS X 0208 1-18-71
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2848
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3531
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3435
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4243
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2891
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1904
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2053
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19909
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1548
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1923
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a4.28
Four corner code 1024.0