The Kanji Map

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: 隹又

隻

Radical

Radical: 隹

Reading: ふるとり

Meaning: small bird

Strokes: 8

隹

Examples

Examples with audio

隻眼（せきがん） one eye, knowledgeable person

隻手（せきしゅ） one arm, one hand

一隻（いっせき） one boat, one ship

Onyomi Examples

隻（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.

隻影（セキエイ） a glimpse of an object's outlines

数隻（スウセキ） several (boats)