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畝

畝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「田」+声符「毎」。「うね」を意味する漢語｛畝｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge, rib

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウ
  • ホ
  • モ
  • ム
Kun (native)
  • せ
  • うねJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音mu3
  • 한글mu
  • 한글myo
  • Hán-ViệtMẫu

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

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
田(た)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+755D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亩久

Words using this kanji

  • 畝うね畑で作物を育てる場所として土を盛り上げた箇所。ridge (in field), row of raised earth when planting crops, rib (cloth, mountains, sea), cord (e.g. corduroy)
  • 畝りうねりundulation, winding, meandering, swell (of waves)
  • 畝るうねるto wind (of a road, river, etc.), to meander, to twist, to snake
  • 畝せ畑で作物を育てる場所として土を盛り上げた箇所。se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)
  • 畝ほ畑で作物を育てる場所として土を盛り上げた箇所。mu (Chinese measure of land area, formerly approx. 600 m.sq., currently approx. 667 m.sq.)
  • 畝間うねまfurrow, room with ridged roof
  • 畝溝うねみぞfurrow ridges
  • 畝須うねすridged whale meat used to make whale "bacon"
  • 畝立てうねたてbuilding rice-field ridges
  • 畝織りうねおりribbed fabric, corded fabric, ridged fabric, corduro

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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1093
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311