謠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 楽曲・楽器に合わせずに歌うもの。
  2. 流言。風説。
  3. 猿楽の能に合わせて歌ううたいもの。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」 + 音符「䍃」(「繇」の省声)。「うたう」を意味する漢語{謠}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chant (esp. Noh), folksong, ballad

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウ
Kun (native)
  • うた(う)
  • うた
Other languages
  • 拼音yao2
  • 한글yo
  • Hán-ViệtDao

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8B20

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言䍃

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-10
Four Corner
0767.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a9.9
Nelson
4415