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粟

粟 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あわ。イネ科の一年草。
  2. 扶持。扶持米。
  3. 籾。外皮がついたままの穀物。
  4. 粒。
  5. 鳥肌。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。実のある穀物の形。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

millet

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゾク
  • ショク
  • ソク
Kun (native)
  • あわ
  • もみ
Nanori (used in names)
  • あ
  • さっ
  • そう
Other languages
  • 拼音su4
  • 한글sog
  • Hán-ViệtTúc

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
米(こめ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7C9F

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱覀米

Words using this kanji

  • 粟あわ植物の一つ。「アワ」を参照。 寒さや恐怖などで毛穴が収縮し皮膚一面に出る粟粒のようなぶつぶつ。foxtail millet (Setaria italica), Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
  • 粟ぞくあわ。イネ科の一年草。 扶持。扶持米。 籾。外皮がついたままの穀物。millet, grain, stipend in rice, 10,000th of a shaku
  • 粟粒あわつぶmillet grain, something extremely tiny
  • 粟餅あわもちmillet dough cake, millet mochi
  • 粟飯あわめしsteamed rice with millet, boiled rice with millet
  • 粟麩あわぶnama-fu (steamed wheat gluten) mixed with millet
  • 粟立つあわだつ寒さ・恐怖などのために皮膚にぶつぶつが出来る。to get goosebumps, to have gooseflesh
  • 粟粒熱ぞくりゅうねつmiliary fever, (English) sweating sickness, sweating disease, polyhidrosis
  • 粟粒結核ぞくりゅうけっかくmiliary tuberculosis
  • 粟おこしあわおこしmillet brittle

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