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姿

姿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

figure, form, shape

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シElem.
Kun (native)
  • すがたElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • しな
Other languages
  • 拼音zi1
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtTư

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

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+59FF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱次女

Words using this kanji

  • 姿すがた身体の形。からだつき。 （整った）みなり、風采。容姿。 人や動物などの存在。現前。figure, form, shape, appearance
  • 姿勢しせい物事に対する態度。posture, pose, position, stance
  • 姿見すがたみfull-length mirror
  • 姿態したいある動作をしたときの姿。figure, form, style
  • 姿絵すがたえportrait
  • 姿形すがたかたちappearance, figure, shape, form
  • 姿図すがたずelevation diagram (of a building), profile sketch
  • 姿煮すがたにseafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape
  • 姿容しよう姿。容姿。appearance, features, looks, shape
  • 姿造りすがたづくりsashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape
  • 姿焼きすがたやきseafood cooked whole so that it retains its original form
  • 姿寿司すがたずしwhole fish stuffed with sushi rice
  • 姿を消すすがたをけすその場から姿が見えなくなる。 行方不明になる。失踪する。 今まであった情景や事柄がすっかりなくなる。to disappear, to vanish
  • 姿を現すすがたをあらわすto make an appearance, to show up
  • 姿勢反射しせいはんしゃpostural reflex
  • 姿勢制御しせいせいぎょattitude control, postural control
  • 姿を隠すすがたをかくすto hide, to conceal oneself
  • 姿勢を正すしせいをただすto straighten oneself
  • 姿を見せるすがたをみせるto show up, to appear, to turn up
  • 姿をくらますすがたをくらますto disappear, to vanish, to abscond, to decamp

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(74 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-3
Four Corner
3740.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e6.10
Heisig
513
Nelson
1215