粥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

rice gruel

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • イク
  • シュク
  • ジュク
Kun (native)
  • かゆ
  • かい
  • ひさ(ぐ)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhou1
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글jug
  • 한글yug
  • 한글gug
  • Hán-ViệtChúc
  • Hán-ViệtDục

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
米(こめ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7CA5

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰弓𥸲

Words using this kanji

  • かゆ(かゆ)米や豆、芋などを多めの水で煮た料理。thin rice porridge, watery cooked rice, rice gruel, congee
  • 粥腹かゆばらsurviving on rice gruel
  • 粥状じゅくじょうarthero-, atheromatous, gruel-like, porridge-like
  • 粥占かゆうらrice porridge divination
  • 粥杖かゆづえwand used when preparing gruel for the 15th of the first month (said to cure sterility in women)
  • 粥柱かゆばしらmochi added to rice gruel (15th of the first month)
  • 粥腫しゅくしゅ皮膚(皮下組織)にできる嚢腫。老廃物などがどろどろの状態でたまり、臭いを発することもある。アテローム。粉瘤。atheroma
  • 粥状硬化じゅくじょうこうかatherosclerosis, atherosclerotic
  • 粥かき棒かゆかきぼうwooden ladle or rod used to stir the rice porridge used in a kayuura divination

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(23 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
1722.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3h9.1
Heisig
2349
Nelson
1574