Kanji
魁
N1
14 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2108
charging ahead of others
On'yomi (音読み)
カイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
さきがけ、 かしら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
魁偉
かいい
brawny; muscular
巨魁
きょかい
ringleader; chief
首魁
しゅかい
ringleader; mastermind
花魁
おいらん
oiran; highest-ranking courtesan
花魁道中
おいらんどうちゅう
procession of oiran through a red-light district (e.g. to meet a regular client; during the Edo period)
容貌魁偉
ようぼうかいい
(a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique
魁星
かいせい
first star of the Big Dipper