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聰

聰 — 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

形声。「耳」+音符「悤（怱）」。「かしこい」「さとい」を意味する漢語｛聰｝を表す字。もと「悤」が｛聰｝を表す字であったが、耳偏を加えた。

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)
  • あきら
  • さとし
Other languages
  • 拼音cong1
  • 한글chong
  • Hán-ViệtThông

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
耳(みみ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8070

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰耳悤

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-11
Four Corner
1613.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6e8.2