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椋

椋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ムクノキ（日本語）
  2. ミズキ（中国語）
  3. 食料・財貨を入れておくための建物。倉庫。（古代朝鮮・古代日本）

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「京」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

type of deciduous tree, grey starling

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウ
Kun (native)
  • むく
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぐら
Other languages
  • 拼音liang2
  • 한글ryang
  • Hán-ViệtLương

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+690B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木京

Words using this kanji

  • 椋鳥むくどりむくどりの漢字表記。grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus), gray starling, white-cheeked starling, starling (any bird of family Sturnidae)
  • 椋木むくのきAphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera), mukutree
  • 椋鳥擬むくどりもどきcrow blackbird, grackle, oriole

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-8
Four Corner
4099.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a8.31
Heisig
2540