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細 thin

Also: fine

On'yomi
サイ
Kun'yomi
ほそ-い、こま-かい
Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): ほそ-い.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
細 is written in 11 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A thread stretched across a rice field marks out lines so fine and thin you have to squint to see them.

A common word

  • 細い ほそい thin

Example sentences

  • このみちはとてもほそいです。

    This road is very narrow.

  • こまかいおかねがありますか。

    Do you have any small change?

Don't confuse it with

  • 紬 pongee (a Knotted Silk Cloth) N1
  • 組 group
  • 紺 dark blue N1
  • 紳 sire N1

Kanji that share a part

糸 is its radical. 71 kanji share it in all.

田 is a component. 25 kanji share it in all.