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季

Seasons
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキ

Meanings

  1. seasonsRtK
  1. season (in nature, sports, etc.)
  2. seasonal word or phrase (in haiku)
  3. year

Popular Usage

季節四季季刊

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · child (子)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 978

Compound words

俳句は季節と関連が深い。
Haiku are closely related to the seasons of the year.tatoeba
日本の雨季はいつ始まりますか。
When does the rainy season in Japan begin?tatoeba
日本には四季があります。
We have four seasons in Japan.tatoeba
日本では季節の変化を大切にする。
We make much of the changing of the seasons in Japan.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

ウッタラーカンド州の冬季における州都はデヘラードゥーンである
うったらーかんどしゅうのとうきにおけるしゅうとはでへらーどぅーんであるDehradun is the winter capital of the state of Uttarakhand.
近年の日本の気候は、「四季」というよりも、「二季」に近くなっている感がある。
きんねんのにっぽんのきこうは、「しき」というよりも、「にき」にちかくなっているかんがある。The recent climate in Japan feels closer to two seasons rather than four seasons.
日本の四季は美しい
にっぽんのしきはうつくしいThe four seasons in Japan are beautiful.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Season. 禾 (grain) + 子 (child) — young grain: each season has its crop.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 季

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step