菱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

diamond (shape), water chestnut, rhombus

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウ
Kun (native)
  • ひし
Other languages
  • 拼音ling2
  • 한글reung
  • Hán-ViệtLăng

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+83F1

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹夌

Words using this kanji

  • ひしwater caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica), water chestnut, caltrop (weapon)
  • 菱形ひしがた四つの辺の長さが全て等しい四角形。rhombus, rhomb, lozenge, diamond (shape)
  • 菱餅ひしもちrhombus-shaped mochi
  • 菱脳りょうのうrhombencephalon, hindbrain
  • 菱花りょうか菱の花。water chestnut flower, water caltrop flower
  • 菱蝗虫ひしばったgroundhopper (esp. species Tetrix japonica)
  • 菱面体りょうめんたいrhombohedron
  • 菱鉄鉱りょうてっこうsiderite
  • 菱形筋りょうけいきんrhomboid muscle
  • 菱垣廻船ひがきかいせんlarge Japanese junk
  • 菱亜鉛鉱りょうあえんこうsmithsonite, zinc spar, szaskaite, calamine
  • 菱苦土鉱りょうくどこうmagnesite
  • 菱苦土石りょうくどせきmagnesite
  • 菱目打ちひしめうちstitching chisel, pricking iron
  • 菱形十二面体りょうけいじゅうにめんたいrhombic dodecahedron
  • 菱マンガン鉱りょうマンガンこうrhodochrosite
  • 菱洋エレクトロりょうようエレクトロRyoyo Electro Corporation

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(49 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
4440.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k8.20
Heisig
1635
Nelson
3977