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之

之 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ゆく。
  2. （指示語）これ。
  3. （助詞）の。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「一 （始点）」+音符「止」。「ゆく」を意味する漢語｛之｝を表す字。のち仮借して助詞の｛之｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

of, this

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シ
Kun (native)
  • の
  • これ
  • ゆく
  • この
Nanori (used in names)
  • ゆき
  • いたる
  • あき
  • つな
  • ゆみ
  • くに
  • のぶ
  • ひさ
  • ひで
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi1
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChi

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
丿(の)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4E4B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱丶#

Words using this kanji

  • 之繞しんにょう漢字の部首「⾡」が繞である場合の呼称。kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
  • 之字運動のじうんどうzig-zag motion (esp. warship)
  • 之繞を掛けるしんにゅうをかけるto exaggerate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(22 results)

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Lookup codes

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