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邑

邑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 殷代
  2. 周代以降
  3. しゃくりなく、むせぶ。
  4. おもねる。
  5. こころ、意に通じる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「囗 （土地、領域）」＋「卩 （跪いた人）」、人が安住する土地を象る。「都市」「むら」を意味する漢語｛邑｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

village, rural community, right village radical (no. 163)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ユウ
Kun (native)
  • むら
Nanori (used in names)
  • お
  • おう
  • おお
  • くに
  • さと
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글eub
  • Hán-ViệtẤp

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
邑(おおざと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9091

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱口巴

Words using this kanji

  • 邑おおざとkanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
  • 邑落ゆうらく村落。部落。集落。hamlet

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(9 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
6071.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d4.15
Heisig
2296
Nelson
4756