橘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

mandarin orange

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キツ
Kun (native)
  • たちばな
Nanori (used in names)
  • きっ
Other languages
  • 拼音ju2
  • 한글gyul
  • Hán-ViệtQuất

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6A58

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木矞

Words using this kanji

  • たちばなtachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
  • 橘鳥たちばなどりlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 橘月たちばなづきfifth lunar month
  • 橘飩きっとんmashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)
  • 橘神道たちばなしんとうTachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)
  • 橘女子大学たちばなじょしだいがくTachibana Women's University

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-12
Four Corner
4792.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a12.11
Heisig
2557
Nelson
2368