璽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 王侯、士大夫等のもつ自己を示す印。
  2. 天子の印。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「玉」 + 音符「爾」。「しるし」を意味する漢語{璽}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

emperor's seal

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音xi3
  • 한글sae
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtTỉ

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

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
玉(たま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+74BD

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱爾玉

Words using this kanji

  • 王侯、士大夫等のもつ自己を示す印。 天子の印。emperor's seal
  • 璽書じしょ天子の御璽が押印してある文書。document with the emperor's seal
  • 璽符じふ御璽。印璽。imperial seal

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-14-5
Four Corner
1010.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4f14.2
Heisig
2194
Nelson
71