隅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

corner, nook

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • グウJHS
Kun (native)
  • すみJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音yu2
  • 한글u
  • Hán-ViệtNgung

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
阜(おか)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+9685

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰阝禺

Words using this kanji

  • すみcorner, nook, recess, downstage right (on a noh stage)
  • 隅々すみずみevery corner, every nook and cranny, all the ins and outs
  • 隅木すみきhip rafter
  • 隅柱すみばしらcorner post, corner pillar, downstage right pillar (on a noh stage)
  • 隅棟すみむねhip (of roof)
  • 隅角ぐうかくiridocorneal angle, angulus iridocornealis, corner
  • 隅っこすみっこcorner, nook, recess
  • 隅返しすみがえしcorner throw (judo), corner reversal
  • 隅落としすみおとしsumiotoshi (judo), corner drop
  • 隅付き括弧すみつきかっこlenticular bracket
  • 隅に置けないすみにおけないある人物に意外とその道について経験や知識、技能を有していて侮れない。witty and knowing, not to be underestimated, smooth operator
  • 隅から隅まですみからすみまでin every nook and corner, from A to Z, from head to toe, from cover to cover
  • 隅田川花火大会すみだがわはなびたいかいSumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
  • 隅の曲がり四目すみのまがりしもくbent four in the corner

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(34 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
7622.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d9.1
Heisig
2108
Nelson
5009