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The kanji 寄: meaning, readings and stroke order
寄
- Meaning
- drop by, draw near
- On reading
- キ ki
- Kun reading
- よ（る） yoru、よ（せる） yoseru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 roof
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ghé vào, lại gần (ký)
- Japanese
- ちかくへ よる。よせる。
- Korean
- 들르다, 다가가다 (기)
- Chinese
- 顺路去、靠近
Readings, words and example sentences
キ ki · on reading
寄付
donation
集めた お金を 寄付します。
We donate the money we collected.
よ（る） yoru · kun reading
寄る
to drop by, to stop at
帰りに 本屋に 寄ります。
I stop by the bookstore on my way home.
よ（せる） yoseru · kun reading
寄せる
to move closer, to push up against
いすを かべに 寄せます。
I push the chair up against the wall.
Practise writing 寄 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 寄 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.