腥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. なまぐさい。
  2. 生肉。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「星」。「なまぐさいにおい」を意味する漢語{腥}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bloody, smelling of fish, raw smelling

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイ
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • なまぐさ(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音xing1
  • 한글seong
  • Hán-ViệtTinh

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8165

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月星

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