蒜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「祟」を二つ並べたもの。上部の「出」二つは後に「艸」に訛変し「蒜」字となった。「にんにく」を意味する漢語{蒜}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

garlic

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サン
Kun (native)
  • にんにく
  • ひる
  • のびる
Other languages
  • 拼音suan4
  • 한글san
  • Hán-ViệtToán

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+849C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹祘

Words using this kanji

  • ひるstrong-smelling edible plant (esp. perennials of the family Liliaceae, e.g. Welsh onion, garlic, wild rocambole, etc.)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
4499.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k10.5
Heisig
2484
Nelson
4010