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雍

雍 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. やわらぐ、やわらげる。
  2. （「壅」に同じ）囲んでふさぐ。
  3. （「擁」に同じ）腕で囲んでいだく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「隹」+音符「邕」。ある種の鳥（セキレイ）を意味する漢語｛雍｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

softening, mitigation

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨウ
  • ユ
Kun (native)
  • ふさ(ぐ)
  • やわら(ぐ)
Other languages
  • 拼音yong1
  • 한글ong
  • Hán-ViệtUng
  • Hán-ViệtÚng

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
隹(ふるとり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+96CD

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱亠𱁈

Words using this kanji

  • 雍菜ようさいswamp morning glory (Ipomoea aquatica), water spinach, river spinach, kangkong
  • 雍正ようせいYongzheng era (of emperor Shizong of Qing; 1722-1735)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-11
Four Corner
0071.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j11.1