Kanji N2

快: cheerful, pleasant, agreeable

快 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, written with 7 strokes. It is read カイ (on) and こころよい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 快適 (かいてき, pleasant) and 快晴 (かいせい, clear weather).

快

Meanings

  • cheerful
  • pleasant
  • agreeable
  • comfortable
Strokes7
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#1074 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • こころよい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 快

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 快適かいてき

    pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

    JLPT N3
  • 快晴かいせい

    clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather

    JLPT N2
  • 愉快ゆかい

    pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful

    JLPT N3
  • 軽快けいかい

    light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy

    JLPT N1
  • 快いこころよい

    pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

    JLPT N1
  • 全快ぜんかい

    complete recovery of health

    JLPT N1
  • 明快めいかい

    clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

  • 不快ふかい

    displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness

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