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仇

仇 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かたき。あだ。
  2. 仇敵視する。かたきと見なす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「九」。｛仇｝を表す字で、「仲間」および「あだ」を意味する。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

foe, enemy, revenge, grudge, feud

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウ
  • グ
Kun (native)
  • あだ
  • あた
  • かたき
  • つれあい
Other languages
  • 拼音chou2
  • 拼音qiu2
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtCừu

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+4EC7

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻九

Words using this kanji

  • 仇あだ侵攻してくるもの。 害となるもの。 恨み。遺恨。foe, enemy, rival, resentment
  • 仇討ちあだうち主君や身内を殺害された者が殺害した者に復讐すること。 仕返しすること。vengeance, revenge, retaliation
  • 仇敵きゅうてきあだ、かたき。bitter enemy
  • 仇讎きゅうしゅうrevenge, bitter enemy
  • 仇同士かたきどうしmutual enemies
  • 仇するあだするto harm, to injure, to damage, to invade
  • 仇なすあだなすto do (someone) a wrong, to do (someone) an ill turn, to take revenge, to resent
  • 仇になるあだになるto backfire, to have a harmful result
  • 仇となるあだとなるto backfire, to have a harmful result
  • 仇を討つかたきをうつto avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
  • 仇を取るかたきをとるto take revenge
  • 仇をなすあだをなすto do (someone) a wrong, to do (someone) an ill turn, to take revenge, to resent
  • 仇を恩で報いるあだをおんでむくいるto repay meanness with kindness

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-2
Four Corner
2421.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a2.4
Heisig
2250
Nelson
346