Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1367 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: strange, strangeness, curiosity

Kunyomi: く.しき あや.しい くし めずら.しい

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: big, very

Examples

Onyomi Examples

strange, unconventional, eccentric, novel, odd, odd number

キイ odd, strange, queer, peculiar

物好き モノズキ (idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes

カイキ bizarre, strange, weird, mysterious, grotesque

Kunyomi Examples

しき くしき strange, mysterious, queer

しき くしき strange, mysterious, queer

しくも くしくも strangely, oddly, miraculously, mysteriously