哉

Readings

Kana: サイ、かな、や

Romaji: sai, kana, ya

Kana

Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: か、すけ、とし、ちか、はじめ

Romaji: ka, suke, toshi, chika, hajime

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 9

Radical Number: 24

Frequency:

Grade: 9

Skip Pattern: 3-6-3

Korean Reading: jae

Chinese Reading: zai1

Unicode: 54c9

JIS: 3A48

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3294

Nelson Index: 777

New Nelson Index: 779

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4n5.4

Four Corner Index: 4365.0

Japanese Names Index: 1006

Daikanwanjiten Index: 3596

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1008

Remembering the kanji Index: 2704

1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2071

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2807

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2741

Essential Kanji Index: 1940

Kodansha Kanji Index: 4084

Words

哉 (かな)

how!; what!; alas!

悦哉 (えっさい)

musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)

快哉を叫ぶ (かいさいをさけぶ)

to shout with exultation; to shout for joy

善哉善哉 (ぜんざいぜんざい)

Well done!; Great!; Bravo!

已んぬる哉 (やんぬるかな)

I give up

善哉 (ぜんざい)

Well done!; Bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with Azuki beans (style varies according to region)

快哉 (かいさい)

joy; exultation

候哉 (そうろうや)

I wonder if ...

悲しいかな (かなしいかな)

Sad to say; How sad; Alas

果たせる哉 (はたせるかな)

as expected

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