揉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

rub, massage, shampoo, debate vigorously, train, coach, worry, get in trouble

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュウ
Kun (native)
  • も(む)
  • も(める)
Other languages
  • 拼音rou2
  • 한글yu
  • Hán-ViệtNhu
  • Hán-ViệtNhụ

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+63C9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌柔

Words using this kanji

  • 揉むもむもむを参照。to rub, to crumple, to massage, to argue
  • 揉めるもめるto disagree, to dispute, to fight (over)
  • 揉めもめquarrel, trouble, dispute
  • 揉捻じゅうねん茶葉を揉むこと。rolling freshly picked tea-leaves, crushing tea
  • 揉み手もみでrubbing one's hands together
  • 揉め事もめごと「もめごと」の漢字表記。quarrel, fight, trouble, dispute
  • 揉み療治もみりょうじ(therapeutic) massage
  • 揉み出すもみだすto squeeze out, to remove (dirt, stains, etc.) by washing and rubbing
  • 揉み合いもみあいjostle, struggle, scuffle
  • 揉み揉みもみもみmassage, rub, squeezing
  • 揉烏帽子もみえぼしsoft, crumpled, unlacquered headwear (often worn by soldiers under their helmets from the Kamakura period onward)
  • 揉み返しもみかえしmuscle pain caused in reaction to excess massaging
  • 揉みくたもみくたjostling, being jostled, being mobbed, (in a) crush
  • 揉まれるもまれるto be knocked about, to be tossed about, to be jostled, to experience hardships
  • 揉みくちゃもみくちゃjostling, being jostled, being mobbed, (in a) crush
  • 揉みほぐすもみほぐすto massage
  • 揉み立てるもみたてるto crumple, to collapse, to press, to urge
  • 揉みしだくもみしだくto crumple (up), to wrinkle, to rub thoroughly, to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)
  • 揉みくしゃもみくしゃjostling, being jostled, being mobbed, (in a) crush

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(22 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
5709.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c9.2
Nelson
1962