細

細 — dainty, get thin, taper

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 11
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #537 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: さい sai
Kun'yomi: ほそ.い hoso.i

ほそ.る hoso.ru

こま.か koma.ka

こま.かい koma.kai

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 細

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