漢字城 Kanji Fortress

際 occasion

Also: edge

On'yomi
サイ
Kun'yomi
きわ
Strokes
14
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 5

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
際 is written in 14 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A festival held right at the edge of the hill — the wall marks the boundary, and the festival marks the occasion.

A common word

  • 国際 こくさい international

Example sentences

  • このだいがくにはこくさいがくせいがおおいです。

    This university has many international students.

  • でかけるさいは、かぎをかけてください。

    When you go out, please lock the door.

Kanji that share a part

⻖ is its radical. 29 kanji share it in all.