匁 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 尺貫法における質量の単位。1/1000貫。約3.75グラム。
  2. 江戸時代における通貨の単位。一両の六十分の一。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

もと「錢」の異体字。「錢」の旁が崩れて「𬌩」の字形となり、のち現在の「匁」となった。質量および通貨の単位{もんめ}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

monme, 3.75 grams, (kokuji)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

Kun (native)
  • もんめ
Other languages
  • 한글mun
  • Hán-ViệtChỉ

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
勹(つつみがまえ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5301

Components

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

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻⿹勹丿乀

Words using this kanji

  • もんめ尺貫法における質量の単位。1/1000貫。真珠の質量の国際単位(momme 記号"mom")。 江戸時代における同量の銀相当の貨幣単位。monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g), monme

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-4-4
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2745.0
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0a4.38
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1104
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