炬
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
torch, signal fire
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- コ
- キョ
- Nanori (used in names)
- たい
- Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
- 拼音ju4
- 한글geo
- Hán-ViệtCự
Basics
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Radical
- 火(ひ)
- JIS level
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+70AC
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰火巨
Words using this kanji
- 炬燵こたつkotatsu床の一部を切って炉を設置し、その上にやぐらを置き、布団を掛ける暖房器具。炉を設けず暖房の装置などを入れるものもある。
- 炬きょtorch
- 炬火きょかpine torch, torchlight, firebrand, bonfire松明。かがり火。
- 炬燵掛けこたつがけfuton or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame, cover for kotatsu
- 炬燵やぐらこたつやぐらsquare latticed wooden frame for a kotatsu
- 炬燵テーブルこたつテーブル(electric) kotatsu table
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Example sentences
ある日、私が戻ってくると、女房と、友人の某とが、炬燵の中に入っているのである。
One day, I came back and my wife and one of my friends were inside the kotatsu.
Sentences and translations come from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), shortest first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-4-5- Four Corner
9181.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d5.5- Heisig
- 2596
- Nelson
- 2748