憑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

depend, rely, evidence, proof, according to, possess, haunt

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヒョウ
Kun (native)
  • つ(く)
  • つか(れる)
  • よ(る)
  • たの(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音ping2
  • 한글bing
  • Hán-ViệtBằng

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6191

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱馮心

Words using this kanji

  • 憑くつくto possess, to haunt
  • 憑依ひょうい頼り、拠り所とすること。 霊などが取り憑くこと。possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.), dependence (on)
  • 憑拠ひょうきょbasis, foundation, reliance
  • 憑坐よりましchild or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
  • 憑霊ひょうれいspirit possession
  • 憑き物つきものevil spirit (that possesses someone), demon, devil
  • 憑かれるつかれるto be possessed

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-12-4
Four Corner
3133.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k12.12
Heisig
2506
Nelson
1769