冲 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 6 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つきあたる。
  2. 幼い。
  3. 中身がない、むなしい。
  4. (日本・国訓)おき(=沖)。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「沖」の「氵」が「冫」に書き変わった異体字。「冫」(こおり)とは関係がない。「沖」については沖#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

offing, open sea, rise high into sky

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チュウ
Kun (native)
  • おき
  • おきつ
  • ちゅう(する)
  • わく
Other languages
  • 拼音chong1
  • 拼音chong4
  • 한글chung
  • Hán-ViệtXung

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
冫(にすい)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+51B2

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰冫中

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