鞘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • さや
Other languages
  • 拼音qiao4
  • 拼音shao1
  • 한글cho
  • Hán-ViệtSao

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
革(かくのかわ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9798

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰革肖

Words using this kanji

  • さやscabbard, sheath, cap (on a brush, pen, etc.), case
  • 鞘長さやながspear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
  • 鞘尻さやじりtip of a scabbard
  • 鞘堂さやどうouter roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites
  • 鞘当てさやあてrivalry in love, rivalry for the heart of a woman, quarrel over something trivial, storm in a teacup
  • 鞘走るさやばしるto slip out of one's scabbard (of swords)
  • 鞘翅類しょうしるいコウチュウ目に分類される昆虫の総称。甲虫に同じ。coleopterans, beetles
  • 鞘味泥さやみどろoedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)
  • 鞘を払うさやをはらうto draw a sword

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(28 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-7
Four Corner
4952.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b12.8
Heisig
2805
Nelson
5099