Entry
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

    彼は生粋のパリっ子です。
    He is a Parisian born and bred.

Also written 生っ粋【きっすい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

life, genuine, birth

Kun
い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う
On
セイショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
29 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あさいきいくいけうぶうまいおいぎゅうくるみごせじょうすぎそうちるなばにうにゅうもうよいりゅう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
2510.0Four corner code
2472deroo
751fUnicode hex code
1-32-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2991Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3715New Nelson (John Haig)
3497New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4309Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
214Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
67Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21670Morohashi
42A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34sakade
71Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44henshall3
43Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
9crowley
49Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1569Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
saengKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice

Kun
いき
On
スイ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1768 of 2500
Radical
rice
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-4SKIP code
6b4.5The Kanji Dictionary
9494.1Four corner code
1055deroo
7c8bUnicode hex code
1-31-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3467Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4389New Nelson (John Haig)
1293New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1645Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
871Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1188Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
925Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
993Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1537A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1132Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1790Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26875Morohashi
1455A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1708Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1825Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1610Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1377Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1069Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1494Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
934Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cui4, sui4Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level