娶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

marry, arrange a marriage

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュ
Kun (native)
  • めと(る)
  • めあわ(せる)
Other languages
  • 拼音qu3
  • 拼音qu4
  • 한글chwi
  • Hán-ViệtThú

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5A36

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱取女

Words using this kanji

  • 娶るめとるto marry (a woman), to take to wife, to take in marriage
  • 娶わせるめあわせるto marry off, to espouse to

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-3
Four Corner
1740.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e8.7
Nelson
1230