偶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • グウJHS
Kun (native)
  • たま
Other languages
  • 拼音ou3
  • 한글u
  • Hán-ViệtNgẫu

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5076

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻禺

Words using this kanji

  • 偶然ぐうぜん思いがけないことが起こること。 思いがけないことが起こるさま。coincidence, chance, accident, fortuity
  • 偶発ぐうはつ偶然に起きること。sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental
  • 偶数ぐうすう整数のうち、二で割り切れる数。2n (n は整数)の形で表すことができる。十進法では一の位が0,2,4,6,8のいずれかであれば偶数となり、二進法では一の位が0になっていれば偶数である。even number
  • 偶像ぐうぞう金属・木・石などで作った像。 信仰の対象とする神仏をかたどって作った像。 憧れや崇拝の対象となるもの。image, idol, statue
  • 偶々たまたまby chance, by accident, accidentally, happen to (be, do)
  • 偶にたまに「たまに」の漢字表記。occasionally, once in a while, now and then
  • たまoccasional, infrequent, rare
  • ぐうeven number, even, spouse, mate
  • 偶因ぐういんcontingent cause
  • 偶詠ぐうえいimpromptu poem
  • 偶感ぐうかんrandom thoughts
  • 偶吟ぐうぎんimpromptu poem
  • 偶語ぐうごconversation
  • 偶作ぐうさくsomething accidentally accomplished, two working together
  • 偶人ぐうじん人形。木偶。puppet, doll
  • 偶成ぐうせいimpromptu
  • 偶有ぐうゆうhaving an accident
  • 偶力ぐうりょく一直線上には存在しないが、同じ大きさで逆向きに働く2つの力。モーメント・トルクを生む力の組。couple (of forces)
  • 偶さかたまさかcoincidentally, by chance, unexpectedly, accidentally
  • 偶像化ぐうぞうかidolization, idolisation

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-9
Four Corner
2622.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a9.1
Heisig
2105
Nelson
508