刱 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 8 strokes

Meaning

establish, create, knife cut

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウ
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • はじ(める)
  • きず(つく)
Other languages
  • 拼音chuang4
  • 한글chang
  • Hán-ViệtSáng

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
Unicode
U+5231

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰井刅

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-4