Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

183 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when

Kunyomi: きわ -ぎわ

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

に(じっさいに)   in fact

的な(こくさいてきな)   international

する(こうさいする)   go out with, date

(きわ)   edge

(まぎわ)   on the point of

死に(しにぎわ)   verge of death

Onyomi Examples

サイ on the occasion of, circumstances, juncture

サイカイ meeting, facing, confronting

ガクサイ interdisciplinary

援助交 エンジョコウサイ paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex), compensated dating

Kunyomi Examples

きわ edge, brink, verge, side, time, moment of

立つ きわだつ to be prominent, to be conspicuous

いまわのきわ verge of death, dying moments