諺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

proverb

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゲン
Kun (native)
  • ことわざ
Other languages
  • 拼音yan4
  • 한글eon
  • 한글an
  • Hán-ViệtNgạn

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8AFA

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言彦

Words using this kanji

  • ことわざproverb, saying, aphorism, maxim
  • 諺文オンモン朝鮮語の漢字音を表したものでハングルの旧称。hangul (Korean script)
  • 諺語げんご俗間の言葉。 ことわざ、格言。colloquialism, slang, proverb
  • 諺文けんぶん朝鮮語の漢字音を表したものでハングルの旧称。hangul (Korean script), proverb
  • 諺解げんかい書物を俗語や口語を用いて解説すること。また、そのようにした書物。colloquial interpretation (of a text), interpretation using common language

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-9
Four Corner
0062.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a9.15
Heisig
2754
Nelson
4403