稽 means “consider, practice”

けい · kei

Also: think

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かんがえる, とどめる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

Grain (禾), 尤 and 旨: picture a rice stalk bowing low to study its roots. 稽 means to consider, so 稽古, "pondering the old", is practice in a dojo, a tea room or a sumo stable's ring, and 滑稽 is comical.

Used in 稽古 (keiko, practice/training), 滑稽 (kokkei, comical), and 荒唐無稽 (koutou mukei, absurd)

More from Learning & Reason

• 検 examine
• 評 evaluate
• 批 criticize
• 修 study
• 博 broad
• 択 choose
• 秀 excel
• 慮 consideration
• 俊 talented
• 敏 quick
• 顧 look back
• 哲 philosophy

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