嵩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

be aggravated, grow worse, grow bulky, swell

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スウ
  • シュウ
Kun (native)
  • かさ
  • かさ(む)
  • たか(い)
Nanori (used in names)
  • たかし
  • たか
  • たけ
Other languages
  • 拼音song1
  • 한글sung
  • Hán-ViệtTung

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5D69

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山高

Words using this kanji

  • かさbulk, volume, quantity
  • 嵩むかさむto mount up, to pile up, to accumulate, to increase
  • 嵩高すうこうlofty (of a mountain), tall
  • 嵩張るかさばるto be bulky, to be unwieldy, to grow voluminous
  • 嵩上げかさあげ「かさあげ」を参照。raising (an embankment, levee, etc.), increasing (a budget, fees, etc.), raising, inflating (figures)
  • 嵩密度かさみつどbulk density
  • 嵩にかかるかさにかかるto be highhanded, to be arrogant, to be overbearing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(10 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
2222.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o10.4
Heisig
2334
Nelson
1433