介

jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

すけゆき

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:4

JLPT:N2

Frequency:617

Vocabulary

カイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
介護	カイゴ	nursing; care; caregiving; caring
介在	カイザイ	existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
介入	カイニュウ	intervention
魚介類	ギョカイルイ	marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
紹介	ショウカイ	introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
介	かい	shellfish; seashell; shell
お節介	おせっかい	meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
厄介	やっかい	trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry; care; dependence; support; kindness; obligation; staying (with a person)
一介	いっかい	a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant
介して	かいして	through (the medium of)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place

measuring box, 1.8 liter

monme, 3.75 grams, (kokuji)

public, prince, official, governmental

axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69)

fit, suit, join, 0.1

lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

Grade 2JLPT N/A

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

affair, case, matter, item