Search Kanji for kai

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乂

mow

Meaning: mow; cut grass; subdue
Kun-yomi: おさ.める/か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ/ゲ
介

jammed in

Meaning: jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ
夬

decide

Meaning: decide; determine; archery glove
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ
刈

reap

Meaning: reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
Kun-yomi: か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ
厷

the fore-arm

Meaning: the fore-arm; the upper-arm; round
Kun-yomi: かいな/ひじ/まる.い
On-yomi: コウ
丐

beggar

Meaning: beggar; beg; give
Kun-yomi: こ.う
On-yomi: カイ
丯

dense

Meaning: dense
Kun-yomi: さんらん.する
On-yomi: カイ
囘

round

Meaning: round
Kun-yomi: まわ.る/まわ.す/もとお.る/か.える
On-yomi: カイ/エ
匃

beggar

Meaning: beggar; beg; give
Kun-yomi: こう/あた.える
On-yomi: カツ/カチ/カイ
艾

moxa

Meaning: moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
Kun-yomi: もぐさ/よもぎ/おさ.める/か.る
On-yomi: カイ/ゲイ
尒

you

Meaning: you; your
Kun-yomi: しかり/わける/なんじ/ちかい
On-yomi: ジ/ニ
叏

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わ.ける
On-yomi: カイ/ケツ/ケチ
屵

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きしがたかい/あおご
On-yomi: ガツ/ガチ/ゲツ/ゲチ
凷

dirt clod

Meaning: dirt clod; piece
Kun-yomi: かた.まり/つちくれ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
会

meeting

Meaning: meeting; meet; party; association; interview; join
Kun-yomi: あ.う/あ.わせる/あつ.まる
On-yomi: カイ/エ
回

-times

Meaning: -times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences
Kun-yomi: まわ.る/-まわ.る/-まわ.り/まわ.す/-まわ.す/まわ.し-/-まわ.し/
On-yomi: カイ/エ
灰

ashes

Meaning: ashes; puckery juice; cremate
Kun-yomi: はい
On-yomi: カイ
芉

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はとむぎ
On-yomi: カイ/カン
亥

sign of the hog

Meaning: sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
Kun-yomi: い
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ
向

yonder

Meaning: yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach
Kun-yomi: む.く/む.い/-む.き/む.ける/-む.け/む.かう/む.かい/む.こう/む.
On-yomi: コウ
忋

to rely on

Meaning: to rely on; look up to
Kun-yomi: たの.む/あお.ぐ
On-yomi: カイ
价

man with shellfish kanji

Meaning: man with shellfish kanji
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ
快

cheerful

Meaning: cheerful; pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
Kun-yomi: こころよ.い
On-yomi: カイ
戒

commandment

Meaning: commandment
Kun-yomi: いまし.める
On-yomi: カイ
改

reformation

Meaning: reformation; change; modify; mend; renew; examine; inspect; search
Kun-yomi: あらた.める/あらた.まる
On-yomi: カイ
芥

mustard

Meaning: mustard; rape; dust; trash; rubbish
Kun-yomi: からし/ごみ/あくた
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
貝

shellfish

Meaning: shellfish
Kun-yomi: かい
On-yomi: バイ
妎

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ねた.む/わずら.わしい/おお.う/き.る
On-yomi: カイ/ケイ
吤

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: こえ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ/カ
庎

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たな/ながし
On-yomi: カイ
苅

cutting (grass)

Meaning: cutting (grass)
Kun-yomi: か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ
尬

limp

Meaning: limp; staggering gait; embarrass
Kun-yomi: あしなえ
On-yomi: カイ/カツ/ケチ
岇

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: やまのたかい
On-yomi: ゴウ
画

brush-stroke

Meaning: brush-stroke; picture
Kun-yomi: えが.く/かく.する/かぎ.る/はかりごと/はか.る
On-yomi: ガ/カク/エ/カイ
怪

suspicious

Meaning: suspicious; mystery; apparition
Kun-yomi: あや.しい/あや.しむ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
拐

kidnap

Meaning: kidnap; falsify
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ
佪

hesitate

Meaning: hesitate; go around
Kun-yomi: さまよ.う
On-yomi: カイ/エ
侅

to give

Meaning: to give; prepared for included in; embraced in
Kun-yomi: むせ.ぶ
On-yomi: カイ
侲

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: わらべ/よいわらべ/うまかい/はした.め
On-yomi: シン
届

deliver

Meaning: deliver; reach; arrive; report; notify; forward
Kun-yomi: とど.ける/-とど.け/とど.く
On-yomi: カイ
肱

ability

Meaning: ability; talent; elbow; arm
Kun-yomi: かいな/ひじ/まるい
On-yomi: コウ
迴

go around

Meaning: go around
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ/エ
坫

stand on which to replace goblets after drinking

Meaning: stand on which to replace goblets after drinking
Kun-yomi: さかい
On-yomi: テン/チン
乖

oppose

Meaning: oppose; disobey
Kun-yomi: そむ.く/もとる
On-yomi: カイ
卦

a divination sign

Meaning: a divination sign
Kun-yomi: うらかた
On-yomi: カ/カイ/ケ
咍

laugh

Meaning: laugh
Kun-yomi: わら.う/よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: カイ/タイ
祄

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たす.ける
On-yomi: カイ
屆

reach

Meaning: reach; arrive; report; notify; forward
Kun-yomi: とど.ける/とど.く
On-yomi: カイ
苛

torment

Meaning: torment; scold; chastise
Kun-yomi: いじ.める/さいな.む/いらだ.つ/からい/こまかい
On-yomi: カ
玠

large jade tablet used by official

Meaning: large jade tablet used by official
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ
疥

scabby eruption

Meaning: scabby eruption
Kun-yomi: はたけ
On-yomi: カイ
挂

hang

Meaning: hang
Kun-yomi: か.ける
On-yomi: ケイ/カイ/ケ
廻

round

Meaning: round; game; revolve; go around; circumference
Kun-yomi: まわ.る/まわ.す/もとお.る/めぐ.る/めぐ.らす
On-yomi: カイ/エ
悔

repent

Meaning: repent; regret
Kun-yomi: く.いる/く.やむ/くや.しい
On-yomi: カイ
恢

wide

Meaning: wide; large; enlarge
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
海

sea

Meaning: sea; ocean
Kun-yomi: うみ
On-yomi: カイ
界

world

Meaning: world
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ
皆

all

Meaning: all; everything
Kun-yomi: みな/みんな
On-yomi: カイ
垓

border

Meaning: border; boundary; staircase; hundred quintillion
Kun-yomi: はて
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ
咳

cough

Meaning: cough; clear throat
Kun-yomi: せ.く/しわぶ.く/せき/しわぶき
On-yomi: カイ/ガイ
洄

back-water

Meaning: back-water; eddy; whirlpool; flowing water
Kun-yomi: さかの.ぼる
On-yomi: カイ
徊

wandering

Meaning: wandering
Kun-yomi: さまよ.う
On-yomi: カイ/クワイ/エ
恠

suspicious

Meaning: suspicious; mystery; apparition
Kun-yomi: あや.しい/あや.しむ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
砎

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: カイ/カツ/ケチ
虺

large poisonous snake

Meaning: large poisonous snake
Kun-yomi: まむし
On-yomi: キ/カイ/ケ
荄

roots

Meaning: roots
Kun-yomi: ね
On-yomi: カイ
峐

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ/キ
孩

baby

Meaning: baby; infancy
Kun-yomi: ちのみご
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ
哇

fawning child's voice

Meaning: fawning child's voice; laughing child's voice
Kun-yomi: かい/けい
On-yomi: ア/アイ/エ/ワ
咼

crooked mouth

Meaning: crooked mouth; evil; dishonest
Kun-yomi: よこしま/くちがゆがむ/ゆが.む
On-yomi: カイ/ケ/クウ/カ
枴

cane

Meaning: cane; walking stick
Kun-yomi: つえ
On-yomi: カイ
陔

step

Meaning: step; terrace; grade; ledge
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ/ケ
恝

carefree

Meaning: carefree; indifferent manner
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カイ/カツ/ケチ
枻

long oar

Meaning: long oar; sweep
Kun-yomi: かい
On-yomi: エイ/セツ/セチ
柔

tender

Meaning: tender; weakness; gentleness; softness
Kun-yomi: やわ.らか/やわ.らかい/やわ/やわ.ら
On-yomi: ジュウ/ニュウ
畍

circle

Meaning: circle; world
Kun-yomi: さかい
On-yomi: カイ
秏

to waste

Meaning: to waste; to destroy; to diminish (hence it came to mean a rat)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/カイ/ボウ/モウ
胛

shoulder blade

Meaning: shoulder blade
Kun-yomi: かいがらぼね
On-yomi: コウ
晦

dark

Meaning: dark; disappear
Kun-yomi: つごもり/くら.い/みそか/くら.む
On-yomi: カイ
蚕

silkworm

Meaning: silkworm
Kun-yomi: かいこ/こ
On-yomi: サン/テン
浬

knot

Meaning: knot; nautical mile
Kun-yomi: かいり/のっと
On-yomi: リ

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