Meanings
- charging ahead of others
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#2108 of 2,500
Kanji N1
魁: charging ahead of others
魁 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning charging ahead of others, written with 14 strokes. It is read カイ (on) and さきがけ, かしら (kun). It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names.
魁
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- カイ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- さきがけ
- かしら
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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