率 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Origin of the character

象形。大きな縄を象る。のち上下に飾筆を加えて「率」の字形となる。「大きな縄」を意味する漢語{繂}を表す字。のち仮借して「ひきいる」を意味する漢語{率}や「わりあい」を意味する漢語{率}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ratio, rate, proportion, %, factor, lead, spearhead, command

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソツJHS
  • リツElem.
  • シュツ
Kun (native)
  • ひき(いる)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音lu:4
  • 拼音shuai4
  • 拼音shuo4
  • 한글sol
  • 한글ryul
  • Hán-ViệtSuất
  • Hán-ViệtSúy
  • Hán-ViệtLuật
  • Hán-ViệtSoát

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
玄(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+7387

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳亠⿲冫幺⿱丿丶十

Words using this kanji

  • 率直そっちょく飾り気がなくありのままであること。frank, candid, straightforward, openhearted
  • 率いるひきいる「ひきいる」を参照。to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops)
  • 率先そっせん自ら先頭に立って物事をすること。 自ら先頭に立って物事をする。 自ら先頭に立って物事をするさま。taking the initiative
  • りつ(リツ) 割合。歩合。rate, ratio, proportion, percentage
  • 率土そっとこの地が続くかぎり。地の果て。ends of the earth, outer reaches, borderland
  • 率由そつゆうfollowing (a precedent, former example, etc.)
  • 率るいるto lead, to spearhead, to command, to carry
  • 率先躬行そっせんきゅうこうtaking a lead in (doing), setting an example of (doing)
  • 率先垂範そっせんすいはんset an example worth following, take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow
  • 率を定めるりつをさだめるto fix the rate
  • 率直に言ってそっちょくにいってfrankly speaking

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-9
Four Corner
0040.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j9.1
Heisig
1874
Nelson
319