| Kanji | 茎 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ケイ、キョウ |
| Kunyomi | くき |
| English | stalk, stem |
| Examples | 茎(くき): stalk; stem |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 2013 |
| Components | 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 圣: holy; sacred |
| Number of Strokes | 8 |
| Kanji Radical | 艸 |
| Radical Number | 140 |
| Radical Strokes | 6 |
| Radical Reading | くさ・くさかんむり |
| Traditional Form | 莖 |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | stalk |
| Koohii Story 1 | Suggestion: Replace "spool" with "toilet paper/roll". Reasons: (1) Toilet paper/roll usually comes on a spool. (2) Toilet paper is used to clean the soil off your crotch. Story: Just get a flower and carefully wrap some toilet paper around its stalk. Spool also appears in suspicious (#716), lightly (#717), diameter (#882), sutra (#1360). |
| Koohii Story 2 | PRIMITIVE: soiled crotch = soiled underwear. To precent anyone from picking the beautiful flower, the gardner hung soiled underwear on the stalk. |
| RTK Index (new) | 772 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_nature_plant.tree
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