磔 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 16 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning

crucifixion

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タク
  • チャク
Kun (native)
  • さ(く)
  • はりつけ
  • ひらく
Other languages
  • 拼音zhe2
  • 한글chaeg
  • Hán-ViệtTrách

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
石(いし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+78D4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰石桀

Words using this kanji

  • はりつけexecution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears, crucifixion
  • たくeighth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong, stroke that falls rightwards and fattens at the bottom
  • 磔刑たっけい刑罰の一つで、の刑。crucifixion
  • 磔柱はりつけばしらcross (used in a crucifixion)
  • 磔刑像たくけいぞうcrucifix

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-11
Four Corner
1569.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5a11.2
Nelson
3215