鞘
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
- 鞘さや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.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-9-7- Four Corner
4952.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b12.8- Heisig
- 2805
- Nelson
- 5099