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巣

巣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「巢」の異体字。巢#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウHS
Kun (native)
  • すElem.
  • す(くう)
Other languages
  • 拼音chao2
  • 한글so
  • Hán-ViệtSáo

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
工(え)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5DE3

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𭕄果

Words using this kanji

  • 巣す(す) 鳥や獣や虫が卵を産み、あるいは子を育てる所。 (す) 人の住む所。 (す) よからぬ者がたむろする所。nest, rookery, breeding place, hive
  • 巣立ちすだちleaving the nest, going out into the world, becoming independent
  • 巣立つすだつto leave the nest, to go out into the world, to become independent (of one's parents), to graduate (and become a member of society)
  • 巣箱すばこ「すばこ」の漢字表記。birdhouse, nest box, bird box, beehive
  • 巣食うすくう「すくう」の漢字表記。to build a nest, to nest, to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in)
  • 巣窟そうくつ悪者などが住みかとする場所。隠れ家。根城。 好ましくないものが集まっているところ。den, haunt, hangout, nest
  • 巣鶏すどりsetting hen
  • 巣雛すひなnestling
  • 巣穴すあな動物や虫がすみかとするあな。 盗賊などの隠れ家。nesting hole, burrow, den
  • 巣蜜すみつcomb honey, honeycomb
  • 巣引きすびきsetting (of a hen)
  • 巣隠れすがくれhiding in the nest
  • 巣籠るすごもるto nest
  • 巣作りすづくりnest-building, making a hive, web, den, etc.
  • 巣替えすがえchanging nests, changing one's place of merriment
  • 巣離れすばなれleaving the nest
  • 巣ごもりすごもりnesting, hibernation, shutting oneself in at home, staying at home
  • 巣をくうすをくうto build a nest, to nest
  • 巣ごもり消費すごもりしょうひconsumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents
  • 巣ごもり需要すごもりじゅようstay-at-home demand (e.g. during the COVID-19 pandemic)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
9090.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n8.1
Heisig
2077
Nelson
141