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窒

窒 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「穴」+音符「至」。「ふさぐ」を意味する漢語｛窒｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

plug up, obstruct

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チツJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi4
  • 한글jil
  • 한글jeol
  • Hán-ViệtTrất

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
穴(あな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7A92

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱穴至

Words using this kanji

  • 窒素ちっそ原子番号 7、元素記号 N の非金属元素。単体は常温常圧で無色無臭の気体。 2つの窒素原子で構成された分子。化学式はN2。常温常圧で無色無臭の気体で、大気中に最も多量に含まれる。nitrogen (N)
  • 窒息ちっそく息がつまったり、呼吸が不可能になること。suffocation, choking, asphyxia
  • 窒扶斯チフス細菌感染症の一つ。腸チフス・パラチフス・発疹チフスの総称。typhoid, paratyphoid, typhus
  • 窒塞ちっそく塞ぐこと。塞がること。窒息。閉塞。blocked
  • 窒死ちっしdeath from suffocation
  • 窒化ちっか窒素と化合すること。窒素と化合した物質。 鋼を窒素またはアンモニアで加熱処理して表面に窒化物を作り硬化させること。nitridization, nitriding, nitride (of)
  • 窒息死ちっそくしdeath by suffocation, death by choking
  • 窒化物ちっかぶつある元素が窒素と結びついてできた化合物のこと。nitride
  • 窒息性ちっそくせいsuffocating, asphyxiating
  • 窒息ガスちっそくガスchoking gas
  • 窒素固定ちっそこていnitrogen fixation
  • 窒素肥料ちっそひりょうnitrogenous fertilizer, nitrogenous fertiliser
  • 窒素循環ちっそじゅんかんnitrogen cycle
  • 窒素代謝ちっそたいしゃnitrogen metabolism
  • 窒素中毒ちっそちゅうどくnitrogen narcosis
  • 窒素固定法ちっそこていほうnitrogen fixation (method)
  • 窒素酸化物ちっそさんかぶつnitrogen oxide
  • 窒素族元素ちっそぞくげんそnitrogen group (group 15 of the periodic table)
  • 窒化ケイ素ちっかケイそsilicon nitride
  • 窒化ホウ素ちっかホウそboron nitride

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
3010.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m8.9
Heisig
1418
Nelson
3325