弩 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 機械で矢または石を発射する戦具。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「弓」+音符「奴」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

bow (arrow)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ド

Kun (native)

• おおゆみ
• いしゆみ

Other languages

• 拼音nu3
• 한글no
• Hán-ViệtNỗ

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

彐(けいがしら)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+5F29

grid_viewComponents

• 又また
• 女おんな
• 弓ゆみ

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱奴弓

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 弩ど（ド、いしゆみ、おおゆみ）横倒しにした弓に弦を張って矢を引き金で放つクロスボウに似た武器。crossbow
• 弩級どきゅう「ド級」の漢字表記（「弩」は「ド」の当て字）。dreadnought class (of warship)
• 弩砲どほうballista, springald
• 弩兵どへいcrossbowman, arbalist
• 弩弓どきゅう大弓。石弓。crossbow
• 弩級艦どきゅうかんdreadnought
• 弩級戦艦どきゅうせんかんdreadnought (class of warships)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 努One part differs
• 怒One part differs
• 孥One part differs
• 宆One part differs
• 帑One part differs
• 弮One part differs
• 弯One part differs
• 拏One part differs
• 砮One part differs
• 穹One part differs
• 芎One part differs
• 𥫤One part differs

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

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-5-3

Four Corner

4720.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3h5.3

Nelson

1566