介
介·mediate, come between, care for
- On-yomi
- カイ
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紹介 | しょうかい | introduction |
| 介護 | かいご | nursing care |
| 仲介 | ちゅうかい | mediation, brokerage |
| 介助 | かいじょ | assistance, aid (to a person) |
Example sentences
友だちに妹を紹介した。
ともだちにいもうとをしょうかいした。
I introduced my younger sister to my friend.
母は祖母の介護をしています。
ははそぼのかいごをしています。
My mother takes care of my grandmother.
この部屋は不動産会社の仲介で借りました。
このへやはふどうさんがいしゃのちゅうかいでかりました。
I rented this room through a real estate agency.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 紹介 as *しょかい — it is しょうかい with a long お
- Assuming 介護 means 'protection'; 護 is protect, but 介護 specifically means care for the elderly or disabled
Memory aid
Picture it
A person under a roof with a line on each side — someone standing between two parties.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 仲介するちゅうかいするto mediate, to act as an intermediary
- 紹介しょうかいintroduction
- 紹介するしょうかいするto introduce
- 厄介やっかいtroublesome, bothersome; trouble, burden, care
- 介護かいごnursing care
- 介助かいじょassistance (with daily activities)
- 媒介ばいかいmediation, intermediary
- 介抱かいほうnursing; tending to (someone drunk, hurt or taken ill)
- 介入かいにゅうintervention
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