喪 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うしなう。死に別れる。
  2. しぬ。なくなる。また、その死体。
  3. も。死者を弔うこと。
  4. ほろぼす。
  5. 逃げる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。音符「桑」+羨符「口」(区別のための記号)。「うしなう」を意味する漢語{喪}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

miss, mourning

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウJHS
Kun (native)
  • JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音sang1
  • 拼音sang4
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtTang
  • Hán-ViệtTáng

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+55AA

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿻土吅𰀠

Words using this kanji

  • 喪主もしゅ葬儀を主宰する人。chief mourner
  • 喪失そうしつ失うこと。loss, forfeit
  • (も)親しい人の死後、一定の期間、行いを慎み死者を弔うこと。mourning, calamity, misfortune
  • 喪服もふく服喪の者、またそこへ弔問する者が着用する衣服。モーニング。mourning clothes, mourning attire, mourning dress
  • 喪章もしょうmourning band, mourning ribbon
  • 喪家そうか喪中の家。homeless, family in mourning
  • 喪祭そうさいfunerals and festivals
  • 喪神そうしん放心状態になる。 意識がなくなる。失神する。absent-mindedness, stupor, stupefaction, abstraction
  • 喪中もちゅう近親者が亡くなって喪に服している期間。in mourning
  • 喪男もおとこモテない男性。unpopular man, man who isn't well-liked by women
  • 喪女もじょモテない女性。unpopular woman, woman who isn't well-liked by men
  • 喪事そうじfuneral
  • 喪失感そうしつかんsense of loss, feeling of loss
  • 喪家の狗そうかのいぬ喪中の主人の悲しみのため餌をもらえず元気をなくした犬。 やせ衰えて元気がない人のたとえ。feeling lost like a stray dog
  • 喪中欠礼もちゅうけつれいrefraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning
  • 喪に服すもにふくすto go into mourning
  • 喪に服するもにふくするto go into mourning

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(43 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-9-3
Four Corner
4073.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b9.20
Heisig
2076
Nelson
117