杳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

darkness, dimly

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウ
Kun (native)
  • くら(い)
  • はるか
Other languages
  • 拼音yao3
  • 拼音miao3
  • 한글myo
  • Hán-ViệtYểu
  • Hán-ViệtLiểu

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6773

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱木日

Words using this kanji

  • よう(ヨウ) 暗くてよくわからないさま。 (ヨウ) 事情が判明しないさま。 (ヨウ) はるかに遠いさま。奥深いさま。dark, not understood, unknown
  • 杳としてようとしてutterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts), completely, (no information) whatsoever, at all

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

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