嗟 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

lament, grieve, sigh, alas, ah

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャ
Kun (native)
  • ああ
  • なげ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音jie1
  • 拼音jue1
  • 한글cha
  • Hán-ViệtTa

Basics

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

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口差

Words using this kanji

  • 嗟嘆さたんlamentation, deploring, admiration, praise

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
Four Corner
6801.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d10.10
Nelson
970