揩 — Chinese character
揩
kāi
to wipe, to rub, to dust, to clean
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 扌 皆
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 皆
- Japanese
- 揩 as a kanji
Common words with 揩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揩油 | kāi yóu | to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain; to grope a woman or girl |
| 揩拭 | kāi shì | to wipe off; to wipe clean |
| 揩擦 | kāi cā | to wipe |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.