Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: pointed, sharpness, edge, weapon, sharp, violent

Kunyomi: するど.い

Onyomi: エイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かねへん

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

角(えいかく)   acute angle

(しんえい)   new & powerful, fresh

(せいえい)   elite, picked, best

利な(えいりな)   sharp

敏な(えいびんな)   sharp, keen

な(せんえいな)   radical

い(するどい)   pointed, sharp, keen

Onyomi Examples

エイ sharpness, sharp weapon, blade, fine soldier

エイイ eagerly, earnestly, assiduously, diligently, wholeheartedly

セイエイ elite, best, pick, cream of the crop

キエイ spirited, energetic

Kunyomi Examples

するどい sharp (blade), pointed, sharp (pain), stabbing, cutting (remark), stinging, pointed (question or look), screeching (noise), perceptive, keen, quick (mind), astute, shrewd, discerning, nimble, agile, quick