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帥

帥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 軍隊を統率する人。指揮官。
  2. かしら。指導者。
  3. 率いる。
  4. そつ。そち。太宰府の長官。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

もとは両手で布を持つさまを象る象形文字で、それに「巾」を加えて「帥」の字体となった。「てぬぐい」を意味する漢語｛帥｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

commander, leading troops, governor

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スイJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shuai4
  • 拼音shuo4
  • 한글sol
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtSuất
  • Hán-ViệtSúy

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

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
干(かん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5E25

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𠂤巾

Words using this kanji

  • 帥そちdirector of the Dazaifu

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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