# 椅 — chair

椅 means “chair”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: イ (i). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: chair
- On'yomi: イ (i)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Things 2

## How to remember 椅

Parts: 木 tree · 奇 odd

## Don't confuse it with

[寄](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/drop-by/) · [歌](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/song/) · [極](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/extreme/) · [詞](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/part-of-speech/)

## More in the “Things 2” set

[筒](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/tube/) · [畳](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/tatami-mat/) · [机](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/desk/) · [符](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/symbol/) · [鍵](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/key/) · [枕](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/pillow/) · [椅](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/chair/) · [蓋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/lid/)

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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/n2-kanji/chair/. Last updated 2026-11-01.