伺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

pay respects, visit, ask, inquire, question, implore

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • HS
Kun (native)
  • うかが(う)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音si4
  • 拼音ci4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-Việt
  • Hán-ViệtTứ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+4F3A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻司

Words using this kanji

  • 伺ううかがうto call on someone, to call at a place, to pay a visit, to wait on someone
  • 伺いうかがいcall, visit, inquiry, enquiry
  • 伺候しこう貴人のそば近く奉仕すること。 目上の人の御機嫌伺いに行くこと。waiting upon (someone)
  • 伺い事うかがいごとinquiry, enquiry
  • 伺い書うかがいしょrequest form
  • 伺いを立てるうかがいをたてるto ask for instructions, to ask for someone's opinion, to inquire of, to invoke an oracle

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-5
Four Corner
2722.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a5.23
Heisig
2008
Nelson
395