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Kanji Information Sheet for 期  ( PDF version of this Kanji PDF version )

stroke order illustration  
English:
period
time
date
term		 On-Yomi:
キ
ゴ		 Kun-Yomi:
No Kun-yomi readings found for this kanji
Bushu (Radical) Info:
月 (つき) – moon
肋 (キ, はだ) – texture; skin; body; grain
肉 (にく) – meat
Henshall Mnemonic: expect period of months between winnowings
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #117 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N3 Words

  • 延期   [えんき]
    (n,vs) postponement; adjournment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 学期   [がっき]
    (n) term (school)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 期間   [きかん]
    (n) period; term   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 期待   [きたい]
    (n,vs) expectation; anticipation; hope   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 時期   [じき]
    (n-adv,n-t) time; season; period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 長期   [ちょうき]
    (n-adv,n-t) long time period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 定期   [ていき]
    (n) fixed term   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 予期   [よき]
    (n,vs) expectation; assume will happen; forecast   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

JLPT N1 Words

  • 画期   [かっき]
    (n) epoch-making   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 期日   [きじつ]
    (n) fixed date; settlement date   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 期末   [きまつ]
    (n) end of term   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 周期   [しゅうき]
    (n) cycle; period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 末期   [まっき]
    (n) closing years (period, days); last stage   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

  • 一期   [いちご]
    (n) (1) one's life time; lifetime; (2) term; half-year; quarter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 一時期   [いちじき]
    (n-adv) a period (of time)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 雨期   [うき]
    (n) rainy season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 下期   [しもき]
    (n-adv,n) second half of the fiscal year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 下半期   [しもはんき]
    (n) the last half-year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 夏期   [かき]
    (n) summer season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 過渡期   [かとき]
    (n) transition period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 画期的   [かっきてき]
    (adj-na,n) epoch-making   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 会期   [かいき]
    (n) session (of a legislature)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 乾期   [かんき]
    (n) dry season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 期待感   [きたいかん]
    feeling of expectation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 後期   [こうき]
    (n) latter period; final   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 更年期   [こうねんき]
    (n) menopause; change of life   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 今期   [こんき]
    (n-adv,n-t) the present term   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 最期   [さいご]
    (n-adv,n) one's last moment; one's time of death   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 最盛期   [さいせいき]
    (n) golden age; best time for   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 四半期   [しはんき]
    (n) quarter (of a year)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 思春期   [ししゅんき]
    (n) puberty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 時期尚早   [じきしょうそう]
    (adj-na,n) premature   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 次期   [じき]
    (n) next term; next period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 初期   [しょき]
    (adj-no,n) (1) early (days); initial stage; (2) (computer) initial   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 上期   [かみき]
    (n-adv,n) first half of the year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 上半期   [かみはんき]
    (n) first half of a year   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 新学期   [しんがっき]
    (n) new school term   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 前期   [ぜんき]
    (n-adv,n-t) first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
Find more details for 期 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.