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蜥

蜥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. とかげ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「虫」+音符「析」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

a lizard

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャク
  • セキ
Kun (native)
  • とかげ
Other languages
  • 拼音xi1
  • 한글seog
  • Hán-ViệtTích

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8725

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫析

Words using this kanji

  • 蜥蜴トカゲ（セキエキ）「とかげ」の漢名。 （とかげ）熟字訓的用法。lizard, skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(27 results)

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