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誦

誦 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. となえる。
  2. 節をつけて読む、そらんじる。
  3. そしる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「甬」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

recite, chant

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • ジュ
  • ズ
Kun (native)
  • とな(える)
  • よ(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音song4
  • 한글song
  • Hán-ViệtTụng

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8AA6

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言甬

Words using this kanji

  • 誦経じゅきょう声に出して経典を読むこと。 経文を暗記して読むこと。chanting or reading the sutras
  • 誦習しょうしゅう書物などを繰り返し読むこと。learning by memorization, learning by memorisation
  • 誦すじゅすto recite, to chant, to read aloud
  • 誦するしょうするto recite, to chant, to read aloud

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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