筈 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

notch of an arrow, ought, must, should be, expected

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツ
Kun (native)
  • はず
  • やはず
Other languages
  • 拼音gua1
  • 한글gwal
  • Hán-ViệtQuát

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7B48

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗舌

Words using this kanji

  • はずshould (be), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be)
  • 筈緒はずおhemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast
  • 筈ないはずないit cannot be that ..., it is highly unlikely that ..., it is impossible that ...
  • 筈がないはずがないit cannot be that ..., it is highly unlikely that ..., it is impossible that ...
  • 筈のないはずのないthat is not supposed to ..., that ought not to ..., that should never ..., that cannot possibly ...

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(9 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-6
Four Corner
8860.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f6.10
Heisig
2688
Nelson
3387