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術

術 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. わざ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「行」+音符「朮」。「みち」を意味する漢語｛術｝を表す字。のち仮借して「わざ」を意味する漢語｛術｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュツElem.
Kun (native)
  • すべ
Other languages
  • 拼音shu4
  • 拼音zhu2
  • 한글sul
  • Hán-ViệtThuật

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
行(ぎょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8853

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴行术

Words using this kanji

  • 術後じゅつご手術をした後。オペ後postoperative, after surgery
  • 術じゅつ(ジュツ) わざ。技能。 (ジュツ) 不思議なわざ。妖術。魔術。 (すべ) 手段。方法。art, technique, skill, means
  • 術語じゅつご学問や技術の分野において特に定義して用いられる語。technical term, terminology, nomenclature
  • 術中じゅっちゅう相手の計略の中。trick, trap, stratagem, intraoperative
  • 術すべ(ジュツ) わざ。技能。 (ジュツ) 不思議なわざ。妖術。魔術。 (すべ) 手段。方法。way, method, means
  • 術策じゅっさくはかりごと。策謀。策略。artifice, intrigue
  • 術計じゅっけい手段。手立て。 はかりごと。策謀。策略。stratagem, trick
  • 術数じゅっすう陰陽、観相、卜占などの総称。また、暦法、天文を含むこともある。 はかりごと。計略。stratagem
  • 術者じゅつしゃpractitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
  • 術師じゅつしtechnique user
  • 術前じゅつぜん手術をする前。preoperative (preparation, diagnosis, etc.)
  • 術野じゅつやoperating field, operative field, surgical field
  • 術士じゅつしtactician, sorcerer
  • 術式じゅつしき外科手術のこと。surgical method, operative method, surgical technique, procedure
  • 術法じゅつほうmagic, witchcraft, sorcery
  • 術理じゅつりprinciples of a martial art, underlying theory of a martial arts technique
  • 術中死じゅっちゅうしdeath during surgery, intra-operative death, operational death
  • 術なしすべなしhaving no choice, at a loss for what to do, at one's wits' end
  • 術ないじゅつないat a loss for what to do, at one's wits' end, having no choice
  • 術を使うじゅつをつかうto practice magic, to practise magic

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
2122.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3i8.2
Heisig
1644
Nelson
1621