掬 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

scoop up water with the hand

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キク
  • コク
Kun (native)
  • きく(す)
  • むす(ぶ)
  • すく(う)
  • たなごころ
Other languages
  • 拼音ju2
  • 拼音ju1
  • 한글gug
  • Hán-ViệtCúc

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+63AC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌匊

Words using this kanji

  • 掬うすくうすくう 参照to scoop, to ladle out, to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
  • 掬いすくい「すくい」の漢字表記。scooping
  • 掬するきくする両方の手の平で水をすくう。 事情を推測する。 深い趣を感じ取り、楽しむ。to scoop up (with both hands), to empathize with, to take into consideration
  • 掬い投げすくいなげvariety of beltless arm throw

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
5702.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c8.35
Nelson
1937