Japanese Kanji
居kyo
reside · to be · exist
Grade 5 · JLPT N2 · 8 strokes
Reside, to be, exist, live with.
居 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 8 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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