JLPT N3 · 12 strokes
Kanji 期: "period, time, date"
The kanji 期 means "period, time, date, term". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read キ, ゴ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キゴ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | period, time, date, term |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 117 of 2,501 |
Common words with 期
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 期待expectation; anticipation; hope · promising; rising; up-and-coming
- 時期time; season; period; phase
- 期間period; term; interval
- 最期one's last moment; one's death; one's end
- 定期的periodic; regular; routine
- 初期early days; early years; early stages; initial stages
- 期period; time · opportunity; chance; occasion
- 期限term; period; time frame · time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
- 短期間short term; short time
- 長期long-term
- 次期next term; next period · next version; next release
- 同期same period; corresponding period · same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; classmate
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