撓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

bend, train, lithe

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウ
  • キョウ
  • コウ
  • ジョウ
Kun (native)
  • たわ(む)
  • しな(う)
  • しお(る)
  • たわ(める)
  • みだ(す)
  • みだ(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音nao2
  • 한글yo
  • Hán-ViệtNạo

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6493

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌堯

Words using this kanji

  • しおり(たわ)峰と峰の間の尾根の最も低い地点。麓から見ると峠となっている。interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
  • 撓むたわむto bend, to warp, to lose heart
  • 撓わたわわheavily laden (of a branch), sagging, drooping, bent low
  • 撓みたわみbend, curvature, deflection
  • 撓るしなるto bend, to warp, to yield, to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body)
  • 撓うしなうto bend, to warp, to yield, to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body)
  • 撓曲とうきょく地層が狭い範囲で曲がること。flexure
  • 撓りしなりbending, warping, flexibility, pliability
  • 撓めるたわめる「いためる」を参照。to bend (a piece of wood, etc.), to bow
  • 撓めるためる「いためる」を参照。to bend, to train (e.g. a branch)
  • 撓めるいためる「いためる」を参照。to treat leather, sharkskin, etc. with glue and pound until hard
  • 撓やかたわやかflexible, pliant, pliable, supple
  • 撓角法とうかくほうslope deflection method
  • 撓み角法たわみかくほうslope deflection method

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Four Corner
5401.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c12.14
Nelson
1994