Kanji N1

斐: beautiful, patterned

斐 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning beautiful, patterned, written with 12 strokes. It is read ヒ, イ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names. You will see it in 甲斐 (かい, result).

斐

Meanings

  • beautiful
  • patterned
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#2103 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヒ
  • イ

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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 斐

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

  • 甲斐かい

    result (that makes an act worthwhile)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.