趣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「走」+音符「取」。「いそぐ」「せかす」を意味する漢語{趣}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

purport, gist, elegance, interest, proceed to, tend, become

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュJHS
Kun (native)
  • おもむきJHS
  • おもむ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音qu4
  • 拼音cu4
  • 한글chwi
  • 한글chug
  • Hán-ViệtThú
  • Hán-ViệtXúc

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

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
走(はしる)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8DA3

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺走取

Words using this kanji

  • 趣旨しゅし述べようとする内容の中心となることがら。 ある事を行おうとする目的や理由。meaning, point (e.g. of a statement), gist, effect
  • 趣味しゅみ楽しみとして行う行為。 このみ、センス、嗜好。hobby, pastime, tastes, preference
  • 趣向しゅこう趣。趣意。 何かを目指して向かって行くこと。 趣などを出すために工夫すること。また、その工夫。plan, idea, design, plot
  • おもむきmeaning, tenor, gist, effect
  • 趣意書しゅいしょprospectus
  • 趣致しゅち風情。趣き。taste, elegance, charm
  • 趣意しゅい物事を始める動機や目的。 伝えようとしている根本の意味。opinion, view, purport, tenor
  • 趣味家しゅみかconnoisseur, devotee
  • 趣味性しゅみせいparticular interest, fondness
  • 趣深いおもむきぶかいelegant, charming, refined, enchanting
  • 趣味本しゅみぼんhobby book
  • 趣味人しゅみじんhobbyist, person with many interests, dilettante
  • 趣のあるおもむきのあるtasteful, elegant, refined, charming
  • 趣旨説明しゅしせつめいexplanation of aim (esp. of a legislative bill), rationalization
  • 趣味嗜好しゅみしこうinterests and preferences
  • 趣味が悪いしゅみがわるいbad taste (e.g. in clothes), poor taste
  • 趣味がいいしゅみがいいin good taste, tasteful, having good taste, having a cultivated taste
  • 趣味のいいしゅみのいいin good taste, tasteful, (person) of refined taste, of cultivated tastes
  • 趣味の悪いしゅみのわるいin bad taste, vulgar, tasteless
  • 趣向を凝らすしゅこうをこらすto devise an elaborate plan, to exercise one's ingenuity, to work out a scheme

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(68 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-7-8
Four Corner
4780.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6e9.1
Heisig
883
Nelson
4544