JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
埼 means cape, spit, promontory. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 11 strokes, read さき or さい or き. It combines 土 (soil, earth), which carries the meaning, with 奇, which is there for its sound き.
埼 is written in 11 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
埼 breaks into 2 parts.
奇 tends to carry the sound き. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 奇 | き | strange, strangeness |
| 崎 | き | promontory, cape |
| 寄 | き | draw near, stop in |
| 埼 | き | cape, spit |
| 騎 | き | equestrian, riding on horses |
| 綺 | き | figured cloth, beautiful |
These use 土 or 奇 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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