竦 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

crouch, cower

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • すく(む)
  • おそ(れる)
  • つつし(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音song3
  • 한글song
  • Hán-ViệtTủng

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
立(たつ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7AE6

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰立束

Words using this kanji

  • 竦むすくむ恐怖や緊張で体が縮み、動かなくなる。 小さくなる。to freeze (from fear, etc.), to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise), to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.), to cower
  • 竦めるすくめるすくむようにする。縮ませる。to shrug (shoulders), to duck (head), to draw back (body)
  • 竦林檎貝すくみりんごがいchanneled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata), golden apple snail

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-7
Four Corner
0519.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5b7.1
Nelson
3355