朔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サク
Kun (native)
  • ついたち
Nanori (used in names)
  • たち
Other languages
  • 拼音shuo4
  • 한글sag
  • Hán-ViệtSóc

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
月(つき)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6714

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰屰月

Words using this kanji

  • さく(サク)新月のこと。特に天文学では太陽と月の黄経が一致する瞬間。new moon, first day of the lunar month, next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
  • 朔風さくふう北から吹いてくる風。north wind
  • 朔望さくぼう陰暦の1日と15日。first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon), syzygy
  • 朔日さくじつ月の第一日目。ついたち。first day of the month (in the lunar calendar)
  • 朔望月さくぼうげつ新月から次の新月までの平均時間。約29.531日。synodic month
  • 朔望潮さくぼうちょうspring tide

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-4
Four Corner
8742.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b6.12
Heisig
2862
Nelson
3761