距 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「足」+音符「巨」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

long-distance, spur, fetlock

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョJHS
Kun (native)
  • へだ(たる)
  • けづめ
Other languages
  • 拼音ju4
  • 한글geo
  • Hán-ViệtCự

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
足(あし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8DDD

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𧾷巨

Words using this kanji

  • 距離きょり二つのものや場所の間の空間的な隔たり。 二つのものやひとの間の心理的・感覚的な隔たり。 二点を結ぶ線分の長さ。distance, range, interval, difference (e.g. in opinion)
  • きょtubular nectary, spur
  • 距骨きょこつ足根骨の一つで、舟状骨と踵骨をつないで近位足根骨を構成し、腓骨、脛骨をつないで足首を形成する。talus, astragalus, anklebone
  • 距爪きょそうcockspur
  • 距離計きょりけいrangefinder, range finder
  • 距離感きょりかんsense of distance (physical or emotional), feeling of distance
  • 距離標きょりひょうdistance mark, milepost
  • 距跋渉毛きょけつしょうげrope weapon with a sickle on one end and a ring on the other
  • 距離空間きょりくうかんある集合とその集合に定義された距離関数の組。metric space
  • 距離を置くきょりをおくto distance oneself (from), to keep (something or someone) at a distance, to maintain a distance (from)
  • 距離を取るきょりをとるto distance oneself (from), to keep (something or someone) at a distance, to maintain a distance (from)
  • 距離を開けるきょりをあけるto open some distance (e.g. with other people)
  • 距離を詰めるきょりをつめるto shorten the distance (between), to close the gap (e.g. on the leader), to get closer (e.g. to someone), to close in (on)
  • 距離基準マークきょりきじゅんマークfocal plane indicator, film plane indicator, focal plane mark

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(102 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-5
Four Corner
6111.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7d5.8
Heisig
1375
Nelson
4548