笈 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 10 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

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

Meaning

backpack bookcase

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウ
Nanori (used in names)
  • おい
Other languages
  • 拼音ji2
  • 한글geub
  • Hán-ViệtCấp

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7B08

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗及

Words using this kanji

  • おいwooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
  • きゅうbox carried on one's back to store books, wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
  • 笈摺おいずりthin, sleeveless overgarment worn by pilgrims
  • 笈多グプタGupta (dynasty of India; approx. 320-600 CE)
  • 笈を負うきゅうをおうto leave one's hometown to study

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-3
Four Corner
8824.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f3.1
Heisig
2686
Nelson
3368