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痩

痩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. やせる。
  2. ほそい。やせている。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「瘦」の異体字。瘦#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

get thin

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウHS
  • チュウ
  • シュウ
  • シュ
Kun (native)
  • や(せる)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shou4
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtSấu

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
疒(やまいだれ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+75E9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𲱔又

Words using this kanji

  • 痩身そうしんた身体。slim figure, slender body, slimming, weight reduction
  • 痩せるやせる「やせる」参照。to become thin, to lose weight, to slim, to become impoverished (of soil)
  • 痩躯そうく痩せている体。痩身。lean figure, slender figure
  • 痩村やせむらpoor village, desolated village
  • 痩果そうかachene, akene, achenium
  • 痩せやせlosing weight, slimming, lean person
  • 痩猿やせざるlangur
  • 痩せ土やせつちbarren soil
  • 痩せ山やせやまbarren mountain
  • 痩せ地やせちbarren soil
  • 痩せ型やせがたslender build, slender figure, leptosome, leptosomatic habit
  • 痩せ馬やせうまscrawny horse
  • 痩せ腕やせうでthin arm, meager income, meagre income
  • 痩せ薬やせぐすりweight-loss drug, slimming medicine, diet pill
  • 痩けるこけるto become hollow (with age, illness, etc.), to be scrawny, to be thin
  • 痩せたやせたthin, slim, skinny, barren
  • 痩せ肉やせじしemaciation, emaciated body, emaciated
  • 痩せ男やせおとこskinny man, shabby-looking man, noh mask representing a male ghost
  • 痩せ脛やせずねthin leg
  • 痩せぎすやせぎすskinny

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(28 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-5-7
Four Corner
0014.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5i9.1
Heisig
1818