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宜

Good, Proper
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingギ
Kun readingよろし.い、よろ.しい
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 38

Meanings

  1. good, Proper
  2. best regardsRtK
  3. good
  1. truly
  2. indeed

Radicals and components

Radical宀roof
Components
How it's built
宜
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · shelf · my bookshelves

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1922

Compound words

時宜じぎ
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
適宜てきぎ
suitable; appropriate; fitting; proper; appropriately
便宜べんぎ
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
宜しいよろしい
good; OK; all right; fine; very well
宜しくよろしく
well; properly; suitably; best regards; please remember me
機宜きぎ
opportuneness
交宜こうぎ
friendship
高宜こうぎ
(your) kindness
事宜じぎ
fitting thing
禰宜ねぎ
senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest)
祢宜ねぎ
senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest)
袮宜ねぎ
senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest)
宜敷くよろしく
well
権禰宜ごんねぎ
junior priest
便宜結婚べんぎけっこん
marriage of convenience
どうぞ宜しくどうぞよろしく
pleased to meet you
時宜によってじぎによって
depending on circumstances
都合の宜しいつごうのよろしい
convenient

Additional Examples

窓を開けても宜しいですか。
Can I open the window?tatoeba
公衆の便宜は尊重されねばならない。
The public convenience should be respected.tatoeba
テレビはスポーツファンに一層大きな便宜を与える、という長所を持っている。
Television has the advantage of providing sports fans with greater convenience.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Proper, good. 宀 (house) + 且 (offering) — an offering placed properly in the house. 宜しく — please, best regards.Also known as “Best Regards”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 宜

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