# 該 — the said; applicable

該 means “the said; applicable”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: ガイ (gai). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: the said; applicable
- On'yomi: ガイ (gai)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Links & order 2

## How to remember 該

Parts: 言 say; words · 亥 boar sign

## Don't confuse it with

[核](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/nucleus/)

## More in the “Links & order 2” set

[序](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/preface/) · [兼](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/double-as/) · [秩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/regularity/) · [縁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bond-of-fate/) · [随](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-along-with/) · [該](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/the-said/) · [循](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/circulate/) · [如](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/as-if/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/the-said/. Last updated 2026-11-01.