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呉

呉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

give, do something for, kingdom of Wu

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゴJHS
Kun (native)
  • く(れる)
  • くれ
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぐ
Other languages
  • 拼音wu2
  • 한글o
  • 한글u
  • Hán-ViệtNgô

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5449

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿺𠃑口𬺢

Words using this kanji

  • 呉服ごふく中国の呉の織り方による織物。 織物の総称。 （綿織物や麻織物を意味するに対し）絹織物。cloth (for Japanese clothes), kimono fabrics, textile, drapery
  • 呉越同舟ごえつどうしゅうどんなに仲の悪い者同士であっても、共通の敵や災難にあっては、協力しこれを回避しようとするものであるということ。 （日本における慣用的誤用）同士が同じところにいる様。bitter enemies in the same boat, rivals finding themselves together by chance, strange bedfellows
  • 呉れるくれるくれる 参照to give, to let (one) have, to give, to do for one
  • 呉れ呉れもくれぐれもsincerely, earnestly, wholeheartedly, repeatedly
  • 呉ご（ご）大豆を水とともに摩砕したもの。呉汁。Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze), Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE), Southern Wu, Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE)
  • 呉越ごえつWu and Yue (two rival states in ancient China)
  • 呉音ごおん漢字を音読みするときの読み方の一つで、遣隋使らによって漢音が持ち込まれる以前から日本に定着していた漢字音。仏教用語や律令用語でよく使われ、現在に残る。go-on, Wu reading
  • 呉須ごすgosu porcelain, asbolite, zaffer
  • 呉竹くれたけHenon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
  • 呉るくるto give, to let one have, to do for one
  • 呉語ごごシナ語派の言語のひとつ。上海など長江下流域・江南地方で話される。Wu Chinese (language), Shanghainese
  • 呉牛ごぎゅう「水牛」の異名。water buffalo
  • 呉汁ごじるgojiru, miso soup with ground soybeans
  • 呉れ手くれてdonor, one who does something for you
  • 呉服屋ごふくや呉服をて。 呉服を： 呉服の。 呉服を製造する企業に対する諧謔的表現。kimono fabrics shop, draper
  • 呉服商ごふくしょうdry-goods dealer
  • 呉服店ごふくてんkimono fabrics shop, draper's shop
  • 呉服物ごふくものpiece, dry-goods, piece goods
  • 呉服尺ごふくじゃくfabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
  • 呉の母くれのおもfennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-2
Four Corner
2680.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o5.7
Heisig
2046
Nelson
583