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置

置 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. すえつける。さだめる。
  2. おく。
  3. たてる。もうける。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「网」+音符「直」。「すえる」「おく」を意味する漢語｛置｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チElem.
Kun (native)
  • お(く)Elem.
  • 〜お(き)
Nanori (used in names)
  • おき
  • おけ
  • き
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi4
  • 한글chi
  • Hán-ViệtTrí

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
网(あみがしら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+7F6E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱罒直

Words using this kanji

  • 置き去りおきざり「おきざり」の漢字表記。leaving behind, desertion, abandonment
  • 置き場おきばplace to put something, storage space, storehouse, depository
  • 置物おきもの「おきもの」を参照されたし。ornament, decorative object, figurehead, leader without real power
  • 置き換えるおきかえるto move (something) to another location, to change the position of, to rearrange, to replace
  • 置くおくto put, to place, to leave (behind), to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.)
  • 置き傘おきがさspare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower
  • 置き時計おきどけい机や棚の上に置いて使用する時計。clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)
  • 置き土産おきみやげparting gift, remembrance, aftereffect
  • 置き忘れるおきわすれるto leave behind, to misplace, to forget
  • 置換ちかんあるものを他のものと置き換えること。 （数学）ある集合からその集合自身への全単射。substitution, replacement, permutation, substitution
  • 置屋おきやgeisha house
  • 置碁おきごhandicap go, game of go played with a handicap
  • 置きおきevery ..., every other ..., at intervals of ..., with ... in between
  • 置き土おきつちearth taken from elsewhere and placed atop
  • 置き字おきじ手紙の文章で用いる副詞、接続詞などの文字。、、又、など。 漢文を書き下す際に除外される助字。しかし漢文としては意味を持つので、下す際にはある程度反映される。複数の用法を持つ助字もある上、漢文の訓み方も様々なので、文中のある助字が置き字とされることも、されないこともある。kanji left unpronounced when reading kanbun in Japanese, characters representing adverbs, conjunctions, etc. used in a letter
  • 置き石おきいしstone placed on railway track (by children), decorative garden stone, handicap stone
  • 置き床おきどこportable dais used to create a removable tokonoma
  • 置き所おきどころplace to put something, place where one put something, place to put oneself
  • 置きにおきにevery ..., every other ..., at intervals of ..., with ... in between
  • 置き勉おきべんleaving all your textbooks, etc., at school

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-8
Four Corner
6071.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5g8.8
Heisig
895
Nelson
3644