巠 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 7 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 地下水脈。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。一説に、糸が張られた織機を象る。「たていと」を意味する漢語{經}を表す字。のち「糸」を加えて「經」となり、この字は通常使われない。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

streams running underground, flowing water

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイ
  • キョウ
Other languages
  • 拼音jing1
  • Hán-ViệtKinh

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
工(え)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+5DE0

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳一巛工

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-3