叔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

uncle, youth

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュクJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • よし
Other languages
  • 拼音shu1
  • 拼音shu2
  • 한글sug
  • Hán-ViệtThúc

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

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
又(また)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+53D4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰尗又

Words using this kanji

  • 叔父おじ父母の弟。おじ。uncle
  • 叔母おば父母の妹。おば。aunt
  • 叔世しゅくせいage of decline
  • 叔父貴おじき親しみの意や尊敬の意を表して叔父を表す語。uncle (younger than one's parent)
  • 叔父上おじうえuncle
  • 叔父ちゃんおじちゃんmiddle-aged man, uncle

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(10 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-2
Four Corner
2794.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2h6.1
Heisig
775
Nelson
861