Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1546 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: vessels, counter for ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: セキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ふるとり

Meaning: small bird

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

眼(せきがん)   one eye, knowledgeable person

手(せきしゅ)   one arm, one hand

(いっせき)   one boat, one ship

Onyomi Examples

セキ counter for ships (large boats), counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen), counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.

セキエイ a glimpse of an object's outlines

スウセキ several (boats)