磬

Reading

Kana: ケイ

Romaji: kei

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

upside-V-shaped gong

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 16

Radical Number: 112

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-11-5

Korean Reading: gyeong

Chinese Reading: qing4

Unicode: 78ec

JIS: 627E

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 4042

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5a11.4

Four Corner Index: 4760.1

Daikanwanjiten Index: 24454

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0401

Words

磬 (きん)

inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

磬 (けい)

sounding stone; qing; ancient Chinese chime shaped like a chevron (inverted 'v'), orig. of stone, today often metal, in Japan primarily used at Buddhist temples

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