Kanji N3

期: period, time, date

期 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning period, time, date, written with 12 strokes. It is read キ, ゴ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 期間 (きかん, period) and 期待 (きたい, expectation).

期

Meanings

  • period
  • time
  • date
  • term
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#117 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キ
  • ゴ

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 期

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

  • 期間きかん

    period; term; interval

    JLPT N3
  • 期待きたい

    expectation; anticipation; hope

    JLPT N3
  • 時期じき

    time; season; period; phase; stage

    JLPT N3
  • 長期ちょうき

    long-term

    JLPT N3
  • 定期ていき

    fixed period; fixed term

    JLPT N3
  • 延期えんき

    postponement; deferment; adjournment

    JLPT N3
  • 学期がっき

    school term; semester

    JLPT N3
  • 予期よき

    expectation; anticipation; forecast

    JLPT N3

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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.