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醜

醜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュウJHS
Kun (native)
  • みにく(い)JHS
  • しこ
Other languages
  • 拼音chou3
  • 한글chu
  • Hán-ViệtXú

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

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
酉(ひよみのとり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+919C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰酉鬼

Words using this kanji

  • 醜いみにくいugly, unattractive, bad-looking, unsightly
  • 醜態しゅうたいな姿。みじめな有り様。行状。disgraceful behavior, disgraceful behaviour, shameful conduct, shameful sight
  • 醜聞しゅうぶん聞き苦しい不名誉な評判。スキャンダル。scandal
  • 醜悪し��うあく容姿が醜いこと。 心や行いが醜いこと。下品で醜いこと。下劣で不愉快なこと。ugly, unsightly, hideous, mean
  • 醜女しゅうじょ（しゅうじょ / しこめ / ぶおんな / ぶす）容貌が醜悪な女性。醜い女。不細工な女。 （しこめ）黄泉の国にいるとされる、容貌の醜悪な女の鬼。ugly woman, unattractive woman, female demon
  • 醜しゅう（シュウ）みにくいこと。外見や姿が悪いこと。ugliness, shame, disgrace
  • 醜しこ（シュウ）みにくいこと。外見や姿が悪いこと。ugly, repulsive, detestable, contemptible
  • 醜行しゅうこうdisgraceful (scandalous) conduct, shameful behavior, shameful behaviour
  • 醜名しゅうめいよくない評判。スキャンダル。 「しこな」の漢字表記。scandal
  • 醜状しゅうじょう醜い状態。汚らわしい状態。disgraceful state of affairs
  • 醜業しゅうぎょう醜く卑しい職業。特に売春。prostitution
  • 醜類しゅうるいevil-doers
  • 醜怪しゅうかい醜く異常な状態であること。また、そのようなさま。monstrously ugly, hideous, ugly and bizarre
  • 醜貌しゅうぼう顔、不細工。hideous face, ugly face, unattractive face, unsightly face
  • 醜語しゅうご俗悪な言葉。obscene word, coprolalia
  • 醜婦しゅうふ容貌が醜悪な婦人。醜い女。不細工な女。ugly woman, unattractive woman
  • 醜穢しゅうわい醜く、穢らわしいこと。また、そのようなさま。ugly and filthy
  • 醜業婦しゅうぎょうふprostitute
  • 醜と美しゅうとびugliness and beauty
  • 醜語症しゅうごしょうcoprolalia, uncontrollable use of obscene language

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-10
Four Corner
1661.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7e10.1
Heisig
2176
Nelson
4798