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誌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 事実を記した文章。
  2. 書きつける。
  3. 記憶する。
  4. 痣。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「志」。「きろく」を意味する漢語、｛誌｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

document, records

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi4
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChí

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

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8A8C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言志

Words using this kanji

  • 誌しmagazine, journal
  • 誌面しめん雑誌で、記事が登載されている面。page of a magazine
  • 誌上しじょう雑誌の誌面上。in a magazine
  • 誌代しだいmagazine subscription fee
  • 誌名しめい雑誌の名称。name of a magazine, name of a journal
  • 誌等でしとうでin magazines like ...

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Lookup codes

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