The kanji 杯: meaning, readings and stroke order

杯

Meaning: cup, cupful
On reading: ハイ hai
Kun reading: さかずき sakazuki
Strokes: 8
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chén, cốc (bôi)
Japanese: さかずき。〜はいのはい。
Korean: 잔 (배)
Chinese: 杯、杯子

Readings, words and example sentences

ハイ hai · on reading

一いっ杯ぱい
a glass (of), a cupful
水を 一いっ杯ぱい 飲みます。
I drink a glass of water.

さかずき sakazuki · kun reading · less common

杯さかずき
sake cup
むかしの 杯さかずきがかざってあります。
An old sake cup is on display.

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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.