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The kanji 忌: meaning, readings and stroke order
忌
- Meaning
- avoid, death anniversary
- On reading
- キ ki
- Kun reading
- い（む） imu、い（まわしい） imawashii
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- kiêng kị, ngày giỗ (kỵ)
- Japanese
- いやがって さける。ひとが なくなった ひ。
- Korean
- 꺼리다, 기일 (기)
- Chinese
- 忌讳、忌日
Readings, words and example sentences
キ ki · on reading · less common
忌日
anniversary of a death
祖父の 忌日に お参りします。
On the anniversary of Grandpa's death, I go to pay my respects.
い（む） imu · kun reading · less common
忌む
to avoid (as unlucky)
その 数を 忌みます。
People avoid that number as unlucky.
い（まわしい） imawashii · kun reading · less common
忌まわしい
dreadful, horrible
忌まわしい 記おくです。
It's a dreadful memory.
Practise writing 忌 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 忌 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 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.