EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable)

    追い風の時に帆を上げよ。
    Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
  2. favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation

Also written 追風【おいかぜ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile

Kun
お.う
On
ツイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
411 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

おい

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
2q6.4The Kanji Dictionary
3730.7Four corner code
877deroo
8ffdUnicode hex code
1-36-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4686Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6042New Nelson (John Haig)
3096New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3840Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1971Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2667Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1268Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1359Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
398A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
993Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
746Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38836PMorohashi
350A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1174Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1232Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280sakade
953Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
370henshall3
339Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
966Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
688Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1276Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhui1Pinyin reading
chu, toeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wind, air, style, manner

Kun
かぜかざ-
On
フウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
558 of 2500
Radical
wind
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-7SKIP code
2s7.1The Kanji Dictionary
7721.0Four corner code
3656deroo
98a8Unicode hex code
1-41-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5148Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6663New Nelson (John Haig)
3007New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3730Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1908Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2591Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
524Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
563Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
246A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
986Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
134Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43756Morohashi
198A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
29Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
132sakade
278Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
217henshall3
187Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
316crowley
465Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
171Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
530Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
feng1Pinyin reading
pungKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level