Japanese Symbols

Japanese Kanji

戯

gi

frolic · play · sport

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 15 strokes

Readings

  • ONギgi
  • ONゲge
  • KUNたわむ.れるtawamu
  • KUNざ.れるza
  • KUNじゃ.れるjiゃ

Meaning

Frolic, play, sport.

Stroke order

Stroke order for 戯

戯 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 15 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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