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胄

胄 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

lineage, bloodline

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. よつぎ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「冑」の分化字。『説文解字』の誤った分析により「冑」と異なる字として扱われるようになった。形声。「冃」 + 音符「由」。「かぶと」を意味する漢語｛冑｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チュウ
Kun (native)
  • かぶと
  • ちすじ
  • よつぎ
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音zhou4
  • 한글ju
  • Hán-ViệtTrụ

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+80C4

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱由⺝

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