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庫

庫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. くら、物を収納する場所。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「广」（建物）+音符「車」。「くら」を意味する漢語｛庫｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

warehouse, storehouse

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コElem.
  • クHS
Kun (native)
  • くら
Other languages
  • 拼音ku4
  • 한글go
  • Hán-ViệtKhố

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

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
廴(えんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5EAB

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸广車

Words using this kanji

  • 庫裏くり寺院の台所。 寺院の中で、住職及びその家族が居住する区域。temple kitchen, monastery kitchen, quarters of a head priest (and his family)
  • 庫内こない（くない、こない）冷蔵庫や電子レンジ、オーブン、食洗機の内部。 （こない）倉庫、金庫の内部。 （こない）信用金庫、労働金庫の内部。inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)
  • 庫院くいんkitchen-cum-office of a Zen temple or monastery, where meals are prepared and senior priests have their offices
  • 庫堂くどうtemple kitchen

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-7
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0025.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q7.1
Heisig
633
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1512