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睦

睦 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 仲良くする。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「目」 + 音符「坴」。「むつまじい」「むつむ」を意味する漢語｛睦｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

intimate, friendly, harmonious

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボクJHS
  • モク
Kun (native)
  • むつ(まじい)
  • むつ(む)
  • むつ(ぶ)
Nanori (used in names)
  • むつ
  • ちか
  • よし
  • あつ
  • む
  • むね
Other languages
  • 拼音mu4
  • 한글mog
  • Hán-ViệtMục

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
目(め)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7766

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰目坴

Words using this kanji

  • 睦月むつき（古語・雅語）一月。むつき参照。first month of the lunar calendar, January
  • 睦言むつごとlovers' talk, whispered intimacies
  • 睦ぶむつぶto be harmonious, to get on well, to be intimate or close
  • 睦むむつむto be harmonious, to get on well, to be intimate or close
  • 睦まじいむつまじいharmonious (couple, family, etc.), happy, affectionate, friendly
  • 睦み合うむつみあうto get along well together, to be close to each other

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-8
Four Corner
6401.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c8.6
Heisig
1632
Nelson
3146