誅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

death penalty

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チュウ
  • チュ
Kun (native)
  • ちゅう(する)
  • ころ(す)
  • せ(める)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu1
  • 한글ju
  • Hán-ViệtTru

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8A85

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言朱

Words using this kanji

  • ちゅうdeath penalty
  • 誅伐ちゅうばつ罪がある者を攻めて討つこと。assailing criminals
  • 誅殺ちゅうさつ罪のある者を殺すこと。execution of a criminal
  • 誅戮ちゅうりくputting a criminal to death, punishment by execution, death penalty
  • 誅求ちゅうきゅう租税や年貢などを責め立てて徴収すること。oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
  • 誅滅ちゅうめつ罪のある者を攻め滅ぼすこと。eradication of sinful people, smiting of the wicked
  • 誅するちゅうする成敗する。to put to death (e.g. a sinner, traitor, etc.), to punish someone with death

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-6
Four Corner
0569.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a6.2
Nelson
4351