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: タイ、サイ、ほとほと、ほとん.ど、あやうい
Romaji: tai, sai, hotohoto, hoton.do, ayaui
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

almost, quite, really

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  78
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  tae
Chinese Reading:  dai4
Unicode:  6b86
JIS:  4B58

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2441
New Nelson Index: 2972
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d6.21
Four Corner Index: 1326.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 16430
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0744
Remembering the kanji Index: 2871
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 811
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2884
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1130

Words

(ほとほと)
quite (usu. negative connotation); utterly; really
危殆 (きたい)
danger; jeopardy; distress
ほとんどの人 (ほとんどのひと)
almost everyone
殆ど (ほとんど)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
殆どない (ほとんどない)
almost never; few and far between; little or nothing; hardly any; hardly anything at all; very little
彼を知り己を知れば百戦殆からず (かれをしりおのれをしればひゃくせんあやうからず)
If you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated
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