挨 — kanji meaning “approach”
挨
approach, draw near, push open
- Meanings
- approach, draw near, push open
- On'yomi
- アイ (ai)
- Kun'yomi
- ひら.く
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2258 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- āi, ái — Chinese character page
Words with 挨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挨拶 | あいさつ aisatsu | greeting; greetings; salutation |
| 挨拶回り | あいさつまわり aisatsumawari | courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds |
| 挨拶状 | あいさつじょう aisatsujou | greeting card |
| ご挨拶 | ごあいさつ goaisatsu | greeting |
| 一挨一拶 | いちあいいっさつ ichiaiissatsu | dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) |
| 年頭挨拶 | ねんとうあいさつ nentouaisatsu | New Year's greetings |
| 挨拶語 | あいさつご aisatsugo | words of greeting |
| 挨拶文 | あいさつぶん aisatsubun | greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation |
| 不挨拶 | ぶあいさつ buaisatsu | incivility; impoliteness |
| 舞台挨拶 | ぶたいあいさつ butaiaisatsu | on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play |
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