Entry
  1. Noun

    once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience; one lifetime, one meeting

    Yojijukugo (four character compound)

    あの人と巡り会えたのは、一期一会なのでしょうか。
    Our meeting like that is probably the kind of thing that only happens once.
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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
On
イチイツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

period, time, date, term

On
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
117 of 2500
Radical
moon
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-8-4SKIP code
4b8.11The Kanji Dictionary
4782.0Four corner code
1946deroo
671fUnicode hex code
1-20-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3785Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4836New Nelson (John Haig)
1704New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2139Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1520Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1765Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1902Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1671Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
619Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14378Morohashi
251A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
449Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
183sakade
614Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
269henshall3
394Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
247crowley
690Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1008Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1781Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji1, qi1, qi2Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

Kun
あ.うあ.わせるあつ.まる
On
カイ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
4 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

あい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-4, 2-3-3SKIP code
2a4.19The Kanji Dictionary
8073.1Four corner code
2871deroo
4f1aUnicode hex code
1-18-81JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
381Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143New Nelson (John Haig)
2020New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2512Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
752Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
454Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
116Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
460Morohashi
87A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
158Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54sakade
14Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
93henshall3
119Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
16crowley
59Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
47Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
759Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hui4, kuai4Pinyin reading
hoe, goe, gwalKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level