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峭

峭 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 高くけわしい。
  2. 心がはげしくきびしい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「山」+音符「肖」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

high & steep

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • きび(しい)
  • けわ(しい)
Other languages
  • 拼音qiao4
  • 한글cho
  • Hán-ViệtTiễu

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
山(やま)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5CED

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰山肖

Words using this kanji

  • 峭刻しょうこく厳しく惨いこと。また、そのようなさま。very rigorous, strict, cruel

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
2972.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o7.5
Nelson
1421