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殳

殳 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 4 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たてぼこ
  2. 手で物を立てる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。ハンマー・枹のようなものを持った手を象る。漢語｛殳｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュ
Kun (native)
  • また
  • ほこ
Other languages
  • 拼音shu1
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtThù

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
殳(るまた)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6BB3

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱几又

Words using this kanji

  • 殳旁ほこづくりkanji radical 79 at right

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(1 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-2
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7740.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2s2.1