The kanji 楷: meaning, readings and stroke order

楷

Meaning: block script, model
On reading: カイ kai
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chữ khải, khuôn mẫu (khải)
Japanese: かいしょ。くずさずにきちんとかくじ。
Korean: 해서, 본보기 (해)
Chinese: 楷书、楷模

Readings, words and example sentences

カイ kai · on reading · less common

楷かい書しょ
regular script (kaisho), block style
楷かい書しょで名前を書きます。
I write my name in neat block style.

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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.