髄 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「髓」の略体。「髓」については髓#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

marrow, pith, essence

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ズイJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音sui3
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtTủy

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

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
骨(ほね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9AC4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰骨迶

Words using this kanji

  • 髄膜炎ずいまくえん脳、脊髄の膜(髄膜)に起こる炎症。細菌やウイルスの感染により起こり、頭痛、高熱、嘔吐、痙攣などが見られる。脳膜炎。脳脊髄膜炎。meningitis
  • ずい(ズイ)骨の中にある黄色い柔軟な組織。骨髄。 (ズイ)茎の中心にある、維管束に囲まれた柔らかい部分。medulla, pith, marrow
  • 髄液ずいえきcerebrospinal fluid
  • 髄膜ずいまく脳、脊髄を覆う膜。外側から硬膜、蜘蛛膜、軟膜の三層からなる。脳脊髄膜。meninges, meninx, membranous coverings
  • 髄鞘ずいしょう神経線維の軸索を包む白く鞘状の被膜。myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
  • 髄質ずいしつ生物の器官で外側と内側で機能や構造が異なる時の内側の部分。medulla
  • 髄脳ずいのうmyelencephalon
  • 髄腔ずいこうmedullary cavity
  • 髄膜腫ずいまくしゅmeningioma
  • 髄芽腫ずいがしゅmedulloblastoma
  • 髄内釘ずいないていintramedullary rod, intramedullary nail
  • 髄膜炎菌ずいまくえんきんmeningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis)
  • 髄膜炎菌性髄膜炎ずいまくえんきんせいずいまくえんmeningococcal meningitis, cerebrospinal meningitis

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-10-9
Four Corner
7423.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b14.3
Heisig
1385
Nelson
5242