戔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. すくない、わずか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。甲骨文字の形は、向かい合った「戈」が相交わるさまを描いたもの(その後、書きやすさのために2つの「戈」は同じ向きに改められた)。「そこなう」「こわす」を意味する漢語{殘}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

damage, remain, slight

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セン
  • サン
Other languages
  • 拼音jian1
  • 한글jan
  • 한글jeon
  • Hán-ViệtTiên
  • Hán-ViệtTàn

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
戈(ほこ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6214

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱戈戈

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-4
Four Corner
5340.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4n4.1