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楷 means 'model'

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Strokes : 13    JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-50    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 4 words   Used in 9 names   Not used as a component
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 楷 - click the badge to download
To understand Japanese writing fully, one needs to know about the three main scripts in which kanji and kana appear. Those styles affect stroke order, stroke count, and above all legibility! This essay contrasts the three main scripts and introduces three more, then focuses on the standard, square style, explaining how it looks and showing where one is most likely to encounter that style.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 楷 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 楷 is used 4 times, read 1 way.
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noun
square style of handwriting; printed style of handwriting; block style; standard style  (see also: 楷書体)
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楷
カイ    model, pattern; the square character style most commonly used in print   
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皆
カイ   みな everyone   
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比
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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匕
さじ spoon   
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
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