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楚

楚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 。
  2. まばらな潅木。
  3. 古代中国長江中流域に存在した国名。出身者として、屈原、項羽らが著名。
  4. 中国長江中流域、湖北省、湖南省周辺の愛称

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「林」+音符「疋」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

whip, cane

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソ
  • ショ
Kun (native)
  • いばら
  • しもと
  • すわえ
Other languages
  • 拼音chu3
  • 한글cho
  • Hán-ViệtSở

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+695A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱林疋

Words using this kanji

  • 楚すわえ（ソ）古代中国長江中流域に存在した国。switch (long, slender shoot of a tree), switch (cane used for flogging)
  • 楚々そそgraceful, neat
  • 楚漢戦争そかんせんそうChu-Han Contention (206-202 BCE), Chu-Han War

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-5
Four Corner
4480.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a9.30
Nelson
3022