灸 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

moxa cautery, chastisement

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウ
Kun (native)
  • やいと
Other languages
  • 拼音jiu3
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtCứu

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7078

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱久火

Words using this kanji

  • きゅうmoxibustion
  • 灸治きゅうじtreatment with moxa
  • 灸点きゅうてん灸をすえる箇所につける黒い点。 灸をすえること。moxibustion treatment point, spot (marked with ink) on which moxa is burned, burning moxa on the skin
  • 灸虫やいとむしschizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida)
  • 灸羽田やいとはたmalabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus), estuary cod, greasy cod, spotted river cod
  • 灸を据えるきゅうをすえる灸で治療する。 きつく注意したり処罰したりして懲らしめる。to rake over the coals, to scold, to chastise, to roast

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
2780.9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d3.2
Heisig
2598
Nelson
2747