抉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

gouge, hollow out, bore, pry

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケツ
Kun (native)
  • えぐ(る)
  • こじ(る)
  • くじ(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音jue2
  • 한글gyeol
  • Hán-ViệtQuyết

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6289

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌夬

Words using this kanji

  • 抉るえぐる「えぐる」を参照。 「くじる」を参照。 「こじる」を参照。to gouge, to hollow out, to bore, to excavate
  • 抉るこじる「えぐる」を参照。 「くじる」を参照。 「こじる」を参照。to pry (open), to prise, to wrench
  • 抉るくじる「えぐる」を参照。 「くじる」を参照。 「こじる」を参照。to stick into and move around, to dig around in, to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
  • 抉れるえぐれるto be gouged, to be hollowed, to become hollow
  • 抉じるこじるto pry (open), to prise, to wrench

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
5503.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c4.3
Heisig
2373
Nelson
1840