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孰

孰 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning

which, how, who

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （仮借）いずれ。
  2. （仮借）だれ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。人が城郭（享）を築くさまを象る。「きずく」を意味する漢語｛築｝を表す字。のち仮借して「いずれ」「だれ」を意味する漢語｛孰｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュク
Kun (native)
  • いずれ
  • たれ
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音shu2
  • 한글sug
  • Hán-ViệtThục

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5B70

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰享丸

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