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Chair Strange 椅 イ 椅子(いす Stool Post Office

Kanji
Onyomi
English chair
Examples 椅子(いす): (1) chair; stool (2) post; office; position
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2245
Components 木: tree; wood
奇: strange; strangeness; curiosity
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 75
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading き・きへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword chair
Koohii Story 1 To the Japanese, the first time they saw a chair, it looked like a strange use of wood! Probably why they still like to sit on the floor...
Koohii Story 2 A strange kind of tree grows in the shape of a chair.

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_manufactured.item

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