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聡

聡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. さとい。かしこい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「聰」の略体。「聰」については当該項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wise, fast learner

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • さと(い)
  • みみざと(い)
Nanori (used in names)
  • さと
  • さとし
  • さとる
  • あき
  • あきら
  • とし
  • さた
  • みのる
Other languages
  • 拼音cong1
  • 한글chong
  • Hán-ViệtThông

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
耳(みみ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8061

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰耳忩

Words using this kanji

  • 聡明そうめい物事を理解するのが速いこと。 （そうめとも）供物としての餅など。wise, sagacious, intelligent, sensible
  • 聡敏そうびんsagacity, cleverness
  • 聡いさといclever, smart, sharp (ear, etc.), sensitive
  • 聡明剛毅そうめいごうきbe reasonable, strong and do not give in

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-8
Four Corner
1813.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6e8.2
Heisig
2717
Nelson
3708