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inter-
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingソウ、ショウ
Kun readingあい-
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. inter-RtK
  2. aspect
  3. councillor
  4. each other
  5. minister of state
  6. mutual
    国内相互留学制度Internal mutual exchange student systemwiki
    国家主権とその相互尊重National sovereignty and mutual respect for itwiki
  7. phase
  8. physiognomy
  9. together
  1. minister (of a government department)

Popular Usage

相談相手首相相続相撲相違相互相対外相相変わらず

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 222

Compound words

相談そうだん
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
首相しゅしょう
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
相手あいて
companion; partner; company; other party; addressee
相続そうぞく
succession; inheritance
相違そうい
difference; discrepancy; variation
相撲すもう
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
相互そうご
mutual; reciprocal
外相がいしょう
Foreign Minister
相談するそうだんする
to consult
相当するそうとうする
to correspond
相対あいたい
involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete
相変わらずあいかわらず
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
厚相こうしょう
Welfare Minister
宰相さいしょう
prime minister; premier; chancellor
真相しんそう
truth; real situation
人相にんそう
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
世相せそう
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
相応そうおう
suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate
相関そうかん
correlation; interrelation
相殺そうさい
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; counterbalancing; set-off
相似そうじ
resemblance; likeness; similitude; similarity; analogy
相乗そうじょう
multiplication; synergism
相場そうば
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem
相槌あいづち
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

On Reading Examples

お客さまに粗相のないように気をつけなさい。そそう
Take care not to be impolite to our visitors.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

メアリーはトムの高校時代の片想いの相手だった。あいて
Mary was Tom's high school crush.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父親の大きな土地を相続した。
He succeeded to his father's large property.tatoeba
名詞を修飾するものは、形容詞または形容詞相当語句です。
Things that modify nouns are adjectives or equivalent to adjectives.tatoeba
彼は犯人の人相書きと一致している。
He answers to the description of the criminal.tatoeba
彼は莫大な財産を相続するだろう。
He will come into a large fortune.tatoeba
仏教相談センター
The Center for Consultation on Buddhismwiki
京都府婦人相談所
Kyoto Prefecture Women's Consultation Officewiki
- 相手の同情を誘う。
It is a skill to raise sympathy.wiki
しかも相手は抜刀した。
And, they pulled out his sword.wiki
9月9日：烏相撲
September 9th: Crow Sumo (wrestling ceremony)wiki
獅子舞・田楽・相撲
Shishi-mai Dance (lion dance)/Dengaku Dance (a traditional dance originated in imploring a good harvest)/Sumo wrestlingwiki
内容は逸文と相違する。
The contents are different from those of the surviving fragments.wiki
小倉百人一首との主な相違点
Main differences from Ogura Hyakunin Issuwiki
その後も禁裏御用は相変わらず勤めてはいた。
The Izumi school served as an official Kyogen school in the Imperial Palace as before.wiki
庶民の住居は相変わらず竪穴住居が主流であった。
However, the common people still lived mostly in pit dwelling houses.wiki
権実相対ともいう。
It is also called Gonjitsu sotai.wiki
相対的に古いこと。
This term means being relatively old.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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