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謳

謳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 幸せであることを隠さずに言い立てる。
  2. 目立つようにはっきりと書く。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「區」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

extol, declare, express

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウ
  • ウ
Kun (native)
  • うた(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音ou1
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtÂu

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8B33

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言區

Words using this kanji

  • 謳ううたうto extol, to sing the praises of, to celebrate, to declare
  • 謳歌おうか喜びを隠さず声に出したりして大いに楽しむこと。 声を揃えて歌うこと。合唱。 多くの人が揃って褒めること。rejoicing, glorification, exultation, celebration
  • 謳われるうたわれるto be famed, to be extolled, to have one's praises sung, to be celebrated

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-11
Four Corner
0161.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a11.4
Nelson
4429