臾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

指事。「必」(武器の柄)の柄の部分に印を加えたもの。「ほこのえ」を意味する漢語{殳}を表す字。のち仮借して「ひきとめる」を意味する漢語{臾}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

a little while, urging

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウ
Other languages
  • 拼音yu2
  • 한글yu
  • 한글yong
  • 한글gwe
  • Hán-ViệtDu
  • Hán-ViệtDũng

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
臼(うす)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+81FE

Components

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

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻人臼

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-9-4
Four Corner
7743.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a7.23
Nelson
106