巢 — readings, stroke count and radical

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. す。
2. すを構える。
3. 高いやぐらのある車。
4. 悪人が潜む隠れが。
5. 蜘蛛の糸。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

象形。木の上にある鳥の巣を象る。「す」を意味する漢語｛巢｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

nest, living quarter in tree

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ソウ

Kun (native)

• す
• す(くう)

Other languages

• 拼音chao2

infoBasics

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

工(え)

JIS level

Level 3

Unicode

U+5DE2

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 巣One part differs
• 菓One part differs
• 窠One part differs
• 邕One part differs
• 𡿺One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 巣Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-8

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3n8.1

Nelson

1449