縷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「婁」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

thread

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロウ
Kun (native)
  • いと
Other languages
  • 拼音lu:3
  • 한글ru
  • Hán-Việt
  • Hán-ViệtLâu

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7E37

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸婁

Words using this kanji

  • 縷説るせつ細かく説明すること。detailed explanation
  • 縷々るるin detail, minutely, at great length, unceasing
  • 縷述るじゅつ事細かに述べること。detailed explanation
  • 縷言るげんdetailed explanation
  • 縷陳るちんdetailed explanation
  • 縷紅草ルコウソウcypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit), cypressvine morning-glory, cardinal creeper
  • 縷々綿々るるめんめんgoing on and on in tedious detail

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-11
Four Corner
2594.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a11.3
Nelson
3605