Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1639 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent

Kunyomi: えら.い

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

才(いさい)   great talent

業(いぎょう)   great enterprise

大な(いだいな)   great, grand

い(えらい)   remarkable

Onyomi Examples

greatness

イギョウ great achievement, great feat, great work, great undertaking

カイイ brawny, muscular, impressive, gigantic

容貌魁 ヨウボウカイイ (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique

Kunyomi Examples

えらい great, excellent, admirable, remarkable, distinguished, important, celebrated, famous, eminent, very troublesome, awful, terrible, tiring, tough, very, extremely

いこっちゃ えらいこっちゃ what are we going to do?, uh-oh, oh crap, what a mess, oh brother