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呻

呻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うめく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「申」。「となえる」を意味する漢語｛呻｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

moan, groan

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シン
Kun (native)
  • うめ(く)
  • うめき
Other languages
  • 拼音shen1
  • 한글sin
  • Hán-ViệtThân

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+547B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口申

Words using this kanji

  • 呻きうめきmoan, groan, groaning
  • 呻くうめく痛みや苦しみで低い声を出す。 獣が唸る。 嘆息する。溜息をつく。to moan, to groan
  • 呻吟しんぎん苦しくてうめくこと。moaning, groaning

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

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Lookup codes

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