挨

greet; approach; draw near; push open

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2258.

Readings

• アイ (on reading): 挨拶 (あいさつ) greeting; 舞台挨拶 (ぶたいあいさつ) on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play
• ひらく (kun reading)

Components

• 扌
• 矣
• 乞 radical beg
• 厶 radical private
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
• 矢 radical arrow

Words using 挨

• 挨拶 (あいさつ) greeting
• 舞台挨拶 (ぶたいあいさつ) on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play
• 挨拶回り (あいさつまわり) courtesy call
• 挨拶状 (あいさつじょう) greeting card
• 挨拶文 (あいさつぶん) greeting phrase (in letter, etc.)

16 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists