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猩

猩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 中国の想像上の動物。猿に似て、赤ら顔で酒を好む。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「犬」+音符「星」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

orangutan, dark red

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • セイ
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • しょうじょう
Other languages
  • 拼音xing1
  • 한글seong
  • Hán-ViệtTinh

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7329

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭星

Words using this kanji

  • 猩々しょうじょうorangutan, heavy drinker
  • 猩紅熱しょうこうねつscarlet fever
  • 猩々緋しょうじょうひscarlet
  • 猩猩蠅しょうじょうばえfruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae), vinegar fly, pomace fly, banana fly
  • 猩猩草しょうじょうそうMexican fireplant (species of poinsettia, Euphorbia heterophylla)
  • 猩々袴しょうじょうばかまOriental swamp pink (Heloniopsis orientalis)
  • 猩猩蝦しょうじょうえびkangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)
  • 猩猩朱鷺しょうじょうときscarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
  • 猩々紅冠鳥しょうじょうこうかんちょうnorthern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), common cardinal

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

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Lookup codes

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4621.4
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