嗇 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 物惜しみをする。
  2. やぶさか。こすい。
  3. 貪る。
  4. 控え目にする。
  5. 穀物をとり入れる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「㐭」+音符「來」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

miserly, stingy, sparing

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショク
Kun (native)
  • やぶさ(か)
  • おし(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音se4
  • 한글saeg
  • Hán-ViệtSắc

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+55C7

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿻土从回

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-7-6
Four Corner
4060.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b10.13
Nelson
67