EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    cheerful; lively; lighthearted

    彼は彼女を快活な性格だとみなした。
    He characterized her as lively.

Also written 快闊【かいかつ】快濶【かいかつ】快豁【かいかつ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable

Kun
こころよ.い
On
カイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1074 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

よし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-4, 1-1-6SKIP code
4k4.2The Kanji Dictionary
9503.0Four corner code
1163deroo
5febUnicode hex code
1-18-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1654Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1802New Nelson (John Haig)
245New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
289Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
182Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
218Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1642Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1771Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
882A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
372Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
827Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10369Morohashi
631A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1409Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1498Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
566sakade
531Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
661henshall3
664Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
656Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
808Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1657Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kuai4Pinyin reading
kwaeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

Kun
い.きるい.かすい.ける
On
カツ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
171 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3a6.16The Kanji Dictionary
3216.4Four corner code
377deroo
6d3bUnicode hex code
1-19-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2552Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3132New Nelson (John Haig)
385New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
460Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
285Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
345Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
143Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
154Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
203A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
819Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
198Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17423Morohashi
244A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
174sakade
681Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
99henshall3
172Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
132crowley
517Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.10busy_people
1185Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
145Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huo2Pinyin reading
hwal, gwalKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level