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甥

甥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 姉妹の子供
  2. 娘の夫、
  3. （日本）おい

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「男」+音符「生」。「姉妹の息子」を意味する漢語｛甥｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

nephew

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイ
  • ソウ
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • おい
  • むこ
Other languages
  • 拼音sheng1
  • 한글saeng
  • Hán-ViệtSanh

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
生(うまれる)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7525

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰生男

Words using this kanji

  • 甥おい（おい）兄弟姉妹の息子。nephew
  • 甥御おいご(another person's) nephew
  • 甥姪おいめいnephews and nieces
  • 甥っ子おいっこnephew

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-7
Four Corner
2612.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5f7.5
Heisig
2919
Nelson
2992