Kanji N2

隻: vessels, counter for ships, fish

隻 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning vessels, counter for ships, fish, written with 10 strokes. It is read セキ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school.

隻

Meanings

  • vessels
  • counter for ships
  • fish
  • birds
  • arrows
  • one of a pair
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1546 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セキ

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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