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肖

肖 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. にせる。
  2. あやかる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「月」+音符「小」。「よる」を意味する漢語｛宵｝を表す字。のち仮借して、似ていることを意味する漢語｛肖｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

resemblance

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウJHS
Kun (native)
  • あやか(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音xiao4
  • 拼音xiao1
  • 한글cho
  • 한글so
  • Hán-ViệtTiếu
  • Hán-ViệtTiêu

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8096

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⺌⺝

Words using this kanji

  • 肖像しょうぞう人物の顔や姿を写した像。portrait, likeness, picture
  • 肖るあやかる理想的な状態の人の影響を受けて、同じような状態になりたいと思う。 影響を受ける。縁がある。to share (someone's) good luck, to follow (someone's) example, to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something), to capitalize (on the popularity of something)
  • 肖像画しょうぞうが人物の肖像を描いた絵画。portrait
  • 肖像権しょうぞうけんある人の肖像（容貌、容姿）を本人の同意を得ずに撮影、描写したり、またそれを公表することを拒む権利。rights to usage of one's likeness
  • 肖像画家しょうぞうがかportrait painter

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
9022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n4.1
Heisig
119
Nelson
1360