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Chic Rice 粋 スイ いき Style Purity Essence

Kanji
Onyomi スイ
Kunyomi いき
English chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice
Examples 純粋(じゅんすい): pure; true; genuine; unmixed
粋(いき): (1) chic; stylish; refined; sophisticated; smart (2) understanding; sympathetic (3) the best
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1768
Components 米: rice; USA; metre
卆: soldier; private; die
Number of Strokes 10
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 119
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading こめ・こめへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword chic
Koohii Story 1 In extremely chic restaurants, you have to pay 90 bucks for a bowl of rice.
Koohii Story 2 Americans think that tattoos with Chinese characters are chic, but nine out of ten times they end up with something trivial tattooed on their arm, like rice.
RTK Index 925

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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