Entry
  1. Adj Ku

    sharp

    Archaicesp. 利し, 鋭し

  2. intense; strong; powerful

    Archaicesp. 疾し, 鋭し

  3. quick; rapid; fast

    Archaicesp. 疾し, 捷し

  4. keen; sharp; clever

    Archaicesp. 敏し, 聆し

Also written 鋭し【とし】、疾し【とし】、敏し【とし】、捷し【とし】、聆し【とし】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

profit, advantage, benefit

Kun
き.く
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
203 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

かが、と、とし、のり、み、りい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
5d2.1The Kanji Dictionary
2290.0Four corner code
2243deroo
5229Unicode hex code
1-45-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
466New Nelson (John Haig)
1114New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1431Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
757Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1029Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
906Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
972Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
219A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
436Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
200Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1932Morohashi
596A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
329Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
329Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
528sakade
355Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
626henshall3
491Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
180crowley
248Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
189Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
915Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li4Pinyin reading
riKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level