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辻

辻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 6 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つじ、十字路、交叉点。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「辵」 + 「十」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

crossing, crossroad, street corners, (kokuji)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

Kun (native)
  • つじ
Other languages
  • 한글sib
  • Hán-ViệtThập
  • Hán-ViệtMời
  • Hán-ViệtMười

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8FBB

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶十

Words using this kanji

  • 辻つじ（つじ）道が交叉する場所。十字路、交叉点。 （転じて）街頭、人通りの多い道。往来。 日本人の姓の一つ。crossroads, crossing, intersection, street corner
  • 辻褄つじつまつじつま 参照coherence, consistency
  • 辻堂つじどう辻に建てられた仏堂。wayside shrine
  • 辻説法つじせっぽうstreet preaching
  • 辻占つじうらslip of paper with a fortune-telling message, street fortune-teller
  • 辻君つじぎみstreetwalker, nightwalker, prostitute
  • 辻札つじふだsign on a post (esp. containing information about a sight, warnings, congratulations, etc.)
  • 辻社つじやしろsmall shrine built at a crossroads
  • 辻辻つじつじevery street corner, every crossing
  • 辻店つじみせstreet stall
  • 辻番つじばんtown-watches from the Edo period
  • 辻噺つじばなしstories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
  • 辻芸つじげいstreet performance (in the Edo period)
  • 辻踊つじおどりdancing on a street corner
  • 辻待ちつじまちvehicle waiting to be hired
  • 辻強盗つじごうとうhighwayman
  • 辻斬りつじぎりつじぎり 参照attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill), samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
  • 辻取りつじとりtaking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road
  • 辻駕籠つじかごstreet palanquin
  • 辻講釈つじごうしゃくstories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(28 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-2
Four Corner
3430.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q2.2
Heisig
297
Nelson
4662