硯
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「石」+音符「見」。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
inkstone
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ケン
- ゲン
- Kun (native)
- すずり
- Other languages
- 拼音yan4
- 한글yeon
- Hán-ViệtNghiễn
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 石(いし)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+786F
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰石見
Words using this kanji
- 硯すずり（すずり）墨を水ですりおろすための道具。inkstone
- 硯箱すずりばこinkstone case
- 硯石すずりいしinkstone, stone used to make an inkstone
- 硯池けんち硯で墨汁を溜める部分。inkstone well
- 硯洗いすずりあらいevent where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-5-7- Four Corner
1661.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
5a7.2- Heisig
- 2635
- Nelson
- 3190