嘸 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あきらかでない。確かでない。曖昧である。
  2. 推量の意を表す助辞。さぞ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

how, indeed, I dare say

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • さぞ
  • さぞや
  • さぞかし
Other languages
  • 拼音fu3
  • 拼音m2
  • 한글mu
  • Hán-Việt
  • Hán-ViệtPhủ
  • Hán-Việt
  • Hán-ViệtVỗ
  • Hán-ViệtVổ

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5638

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口無

Words using this kanji

  • さぞ(下に推量の語を伴い)きっと。さだめて。surely, certainly, no doubt, must
  • 嘸やさぞやsurely, certainly
  • 嘸かしさぞかし「さぞ」を強調した語。certainly, surely

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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988