肇 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

beginning

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョウ
  • ジョウ
  • トウ
Kun (native)
  • はじ(める)
  • はじめ
Nanori (used in names)
  • とし
  • ただし
  • はつ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhao4
  • 한글jo
  • Hán-ViệtTriệu

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
聿(ふでづくり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8087

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𢼄聿

Words using this kanji

  • 肇国ちょうこく新たに国家を建てること。founding of a state
  • 肇歳ちょうさい年初。年頭。beginning of the year
  • 肇造ちょうぞう初めて創ること。創造。establishment, creation (e.g. of a country), foundation

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-6
Four Corner
3850.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4m10.1
Heisig
2902
Nelson
3723