This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ヒ、イ
Romaji: hi, i
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: あや
Romaji: aya
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

beautiful, patterned

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  175
Frequency:  2103
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-8-4
Korean Reading:  bi
Chinese Reading:  fei3
Unicode:  6590
JIS:  4865

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2776
Nelson Index: 5081
New Nelson Index: 2370
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2j10.4
Four Corner Index: 1140.0
Japanese Names Index: 1781
Daikanwanjiten Index: 13469
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0603
Remembering the kanji Index: 2897
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1776
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2417
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2906
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3449

Words

甲斐 (かい)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
甲斐 (がい)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
甲斐性 (かいしょう、かいしょ)
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
生き甲斐 (いきがい)
something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
甲斐無し (かいなし)
worthlessness; uselessness; hopelessness
有斐閣 (ゆうひかく)
Yuuhikaku (law book publisher)
年甲斐も無い (としがいもない)
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
年甲斐 (としがい)
one's age
不甲斐ない (ふがいない)
disappointing; weak-minded; spiritless; cowardly; worthless; pusillanimous; feckless; faint-hearted; shiftless; tame; timid
やり甲斐 (やりがい)
being worth doing
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