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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: period, time, date, term

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: キ, ゴ

Composition: 其 月

期

Radical

Radical: 月

Reading: つき

Meaning: moon, month

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

期間(きかん)   period

期限(きげん)   time limit, deadline

初期(しょき)   early (e.g. stage)

満期(まんき)   maturity (e.g. investment)

秋学期(あきがっき)   fall semester

学期末試験(がっきまつしけん)   final exam

画期的な(かっきてきな)   epoch-making

期待する(きたいする)   hope

予期する(よきする)   expect

一期一会(いちごいちえ)   one chance in a lifetime

Onyomi Examples

期 (キ) period, time, opportunity, chance, occasion, age, term (e.g. in office), session (e.g. of parliament), stage (e.g. of a disease), season (e.g. of a TV series)

期間 (キカン) period, term, interval

周期 (シュウキ) cycle, period

当期 (トウキ) current term (period)

期 (ゴ) time, moment, limit, time of death, last moment, midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period

期日 (キジツ) fixed date, appointed date, set date, deadline, due date

一期 (イチゴ) one's whole life, one's lifetime

非業の最期 (ヒゴウノサイゴ) unnatural death, violent death

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