奇

奇 — strange, strangeness, curiosity

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 8
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1367 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: き ki
Kun'yomi: く.しき ku.shiki

あや.しい aya.shii

くし kushi

めずら.しい mezura.shii

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 奇

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

奇妙きみょう strange JLPT N3