巫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

sorcerer, medium, shrine maiden

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • みこ
  • かんなぎ
Other languages
  • 拼音wu1
  • 拼音wu2
  • 한글mu
  • Hán-ViệtVu

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
己(おのれ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5DEB

Components

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

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻工从

Words using this kanji

  • 巫女みこみこ。神に仕える女性で、神楽を舞ったり神託を伝えたりする者。近代では神社で神主を補佐する女性。miko, shrine maiden, medium, sorceress
  • 巫山戯るふざけるto joke, to jest, to kid, to josh
  • かんなぎmedium, diviner, shaman, oracle
  • 巫者ふしゃvirgin consecrated to a deity, shrine maiden, (spiritualistic) medium
  • 巫術ふじゅつshamanism
  • 巫祝ふしゅく神事を司る者。みこ。shrine maiden, ancient priest
  • 巫覡ふげきshaman, oracle, diviner, medium
  • 巫俗ふぞくKorean shamanism
  • 巫女舞みこまいshrine maiden's ceremonial dance (in kagura)
  • 巫山戯ふざけplay, sport, romp, frolic
  • 巫女寄せみこよせspiritism, necromancy, sorcery
  • 巫山雲雨ふざんうんうsexual liaison
  • 巫女秋沙ミコアイサsmew (Mergellus albellus)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(16 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-7-1
Four Corner
1010.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a5.26
Heisig
2937
Nelson
38