Entry
  1. Noun

    west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore

Also written 貝寄【かいよせ】貝寄風【かいよせ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shellfish

Kun
かい
On
バイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1787 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-5-2SKIP code
7b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6080.0Four corner code
3961deroo
8c9dUnicode hex code
1-19-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4486Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5766New Nelson (John Haig)
2543New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3150Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1614Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
54Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
56Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1590A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
498Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
44Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36656Morohashi
90A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
240Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
169sakade
917Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
49henshall3
70Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
719Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1720Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
54Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4Pinyin reading
paeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward

Kun
よ.る-よ.りよ.せる
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
673 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

よせよりよろ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3m8.8The Kanji Dictionary
3062.1Four corner code
749deroo
5bc4Unicode hex code
1-20-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1318Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1345New Nelson (John Haig)
2291New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2856Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1473Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1983Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
192Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
204Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
545A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1525Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
692Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7203Morohashi
642A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1445Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
576sakade
471Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
671henshall3
727Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1120Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
486Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
196Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level