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粋

粋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「粹」の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chic, style, purity, essence, pith, cream, elite, choice

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スイJHS
Kun (native)
  • いきJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音cui4
  • 拼音sui4
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtTúy

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

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
米(こめ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7C8B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰米卆

Words using this kanji

  • 粋いき（いき）身なりや振る舞いが洗練されていて、格好よいこと。また、そのさま。chic, smart, stylish, tasteful
  • 粋すい（いき）身なりや振る舞いが洗練されていて、格好よいこと。また、そのさま。essence, the best, cream, chic
  • 粋人すいじん風流、風雅を人。 遊郭、芸道などに通じた人。粋士。person of refined tastes, sophisticated person, man of the world, understanding person
  • 粋筋いきすじred-light district, pleasure quarters, love affair, romance
  • 粋がるいきがる「いきがる」を参照。to be pretentious, to put on airs, to try to appear smart, to act brave
  • 粋な人すいなひとman of well-cultivated tastes
  • 粋作りいきづくりstylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.), sophistication, refinement, class
  • 粋ぶるいきぶるto be pretentious, to put on airs, to try to appear smart, to act brave
  • 粋な裁きすいなさばきdelicate judgment, delicate judgement
  • 粋を集めるすいをあつめるto collect the best, to put together the cream of the crop
  • 粋を利かすすいをきかすto show tact (in relationship matters), to be considerate (e.g. of a couple), to be thoughtful
  • 粋が身を食うすいがみをくうtoo much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes), playing the dandy ruins a man

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-4
Four Corner
9494.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6b4.5
Heisig
993
Nelson
3467