姑 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning

mother-in-law

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• コ

Kun (native)

• しゅうとめ
• しゅうと
• おば
• しばらく

Other languages

• 拼音gu1
• 한글go
• Hán-ViệtCô

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

子(こ)

JIS level

Level 1

Unicode

U+59D1

grid_viewComponents

• 十じゅう
• 口くち
• 女おんな

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女古

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 姑しゅうとめ(しゅうとめ)夫の母親。mother-in-law
• 姑息こそく（「く休息する」が原義）一時的な間に合わせ、その場しのぎ。 卑怯。ずるいこと。この語義を誤用とする説もある。underhanded, unfair, makeshift, stopgap
• 姑洗こせん(in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp), third lunar month
• 姑娘クーニャンgirl (esp. Chinese), young unmarried woman

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(17 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-5

Four Corner

4446.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3e5.7

Heisig

2317

Nelson

1201