馘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

behead, dismiss

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カク
  • キョク
Kun (native)
  • くびき(る)
  • みみき(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音guo2
  • 한글goeg
  • Hán-ViệtQuắc

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
首(くび)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9998

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰首或

Words using this kanji

  • 馘首かくしゅ相手を打倒した証拠として首を切り落とすこと。 (日本)解雇すること、首を切る。くび。dismissal, discharge, beheading, decapitation
  • 馘すかくすto behead, to dismiss (from a job), to fire

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-8
Four Corner
8365.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c12.6
Nelson
5187