Kanji
稽
N1
15 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2372
think, consider
On'yomi (音読み)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かんが.える、 とど.める
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
稽古
けいこ
practice; practising
滑稽
こっけい
funny; comical
荒唐無稽
こうとうむけい
absurd; nonsensical
一人稽古
ひとりげいこ
practicing by oneself; self-instruction
滑稽諧謔
こっけいかいぎゃく
smooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs
稽古本
けいこぼん
practice book used in jōruri and nagauta
稽留流産
けいりゅうりゅうざん
delayed miscarriage; silent miscarriage
稽留熱
けいりゅうねつ
continued fever; sustained fever
滑稽味
こっけいみ
humorous flavour; something comical
形稽古
かたげいこ
form refinement training
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
稽古をつける
けいこをつける
to give lessons; to teach
通し稽古
とおしげいこ
full rehearsal; dress rehearsal
場当たり稽古
ばあたりけいこ
dress rehearsal
お稽古
おけいこ
practice; training
会稽の恥
かいけいのはじ
humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others
会稽の恥を雪ぐ
かいけいのはじをすすぐ
to avenge a defeat; to regain one's honor
河童の寒稽古
かっぱのかんげいこ
something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
見取り稽古
みとりけいこ
learning from observing others
掛かり稽古
かかりげいこ
kakari geiko; training performed by an attacker and a defender
打ち込み稽古
うちこみげいこ
training performed by an attacker and a defender, involving intentional openings
Example sentences
彼女（かのじょ）は六（ろく）歳（さい）でピアノのけいこを始（はじ）めた。
She began lessons in piano at age 6.
彼女（かのじょ）は稽古（けいこ）を休（やす）んだ。
She absented herself from the lesson.
彼（かれ）はこっけいな話（はなし）をした。
He told a funny story.
彼（かれ）はこっけいな性質（せいしつ）の人（ひと）だ。
He is of a humorous turn of mind.