| Kanji | 際 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | サイ |
| Kunyomi | きわ、-ぎわ |
| Nanori | わ |
| English | occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when |
| Examples | 国際(こくさい): international 実際(じっさい): (1) practicality; practical (2) reality; actuality; actual conditions (3) bhutakoti (limit of reality) 際(さい): on the occasion of; circumstances 交際(こうさい): company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance 手際(てぎわ): performance; skill; tact 際(きわ): (1) edge; brink; verge; side (2) time; moment of |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | 5 |
| Frequency | 183 |
| Components | 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 祭: ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship |
| Number of Strokes | 14 |
| Kanji Radical | 阜 |
| Radical Number | 170 |
| Radical Strokes | 8 |
| Radical Reading | こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | occasion |
| Koohii Story 1 | Many rituals are practiced every day (blessing before meals, evening prayer, etc.) Only the peak rituals (wedding, Bar Mitzvah, etc.) qualify to be called an occasion. |
| Koohii Story 2 | On occasian, rituals are held at the very tip of The Pinnacle. |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade5, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_time
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