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Kanji Detail for 季 - "season"

季

  • Meaning

    季 means "season." Also associated with youngest, end.

    1. Season - A division of the year.

    2. Youngest - The last born child.

    3. End - The final period.

  • Words using 季

    • 今季 こんき Listen this season
    • 季節 きせつ Listen season; time of year
    • 冬季 とうき Listen winter season; winter
    • 四季 しき Listen the four seasons
    • 夏季 かき Listen summer season; summer; summertime
    • 春季 しゅんき Listen spring season
    • 秋季 しゅうき Listen fall season; autumn season
    • 雨季 うき Listen rainy season

  • Tattoo check: 季

    • Verified meaning: season
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read い, き, きえ, きさら)
    • Also carries these associations: youngest, end

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 季

    Given names 季(きえ)Listen 季(きさら)Listen 季(すえ)Listen 季(とき)Listen 季(みのり)Listen

    Surnames 季(い)Listen 季(き)Listen 季(すもも)Listen 季(どん)Listen 季(みのる)Listen 季(り)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    seasons

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    quarter of year; season; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ji

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a quarter-year, a season; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Youngest. The order of brothers by age is 伯, 仲, 叔, 季. | Last. The last month of each season is called 季月. Such as 季春, 季夏. Also, the final era is called 季世. | Three months make one 季. The four seasons are also called 四季.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    子 (ko・kohen・kodomo・kodomohen)

  • Related Keywords

    season youngest end period time cycle interval final close climate

Sentences including 季

  • It's the best season of the year.

  • Spring is the best season to visit kyoto.

  • The first season of the year is spring.

  • This country has four seasons.

  • Spring is the season i like the best.

  • We have four seasons in japan.

  • How many seasons are there in a year?

  • There are four seasons in a year.

  • Summer is the season when women look most beautiful.

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