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聳

聳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. そばだてる。高く立てる。
  2. そびえる。そばだつ。高く立つ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「耳」+音符「從」。耳が聞こえないことを意味する漢語｛聳｝を表す字。のち仮借して「そびえる」「たかい」を意味する漢語｛竦｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

rise, tower

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • そび(える)
Other languages
  • 拼音song3
  • 한글yong
  • Hán-ViệtTủng

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
耳(みみ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8073

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱從耳

Words using this kanji

  • 聳えるそびえる（山や建物が）高く立つ。 背が高い。to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.), to tower, to soar
  • 聳立しょうりつ周囲より際立って高く聳えていること。being conspicuously tall
  • 聳やかすそびやかすto raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

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