椅 means “chair”

い · i

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

イ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

Wood (木) beside 奇, odd: picture a curious wooden seat that lifts you off the floor. 椅 lives in a single word, 椅子, a chair, and in the words built on it: 車椅子 is a wheelchair, and 椅子取りゲーム is musical chairs.

Used in 椅子 (isu, chair) and 車椅子 (kurumaisu, wheelchair)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.