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鬆

鬆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

loose, dishevelled, pore, cavity in overboiled daikon

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 粗い、まばらな。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「髟」+音符「松」。「髪が乱れる」を意味する漢語｛鬆｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • ソウ
  • シュ
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音song1
  • 한글song
  • Hán-ViệtTông

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
髟(かみがしら)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9B06

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱髟松

Words using this kanji

  • 鬆すcavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.), pore, hollow, bubble粗い、まばらな。

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Example sentences

  • 私の祖母は骨粗鬆症を患っている。

    My grandmother suffers from osteoporosis.

Sentences and translations come from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), shortest first.

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-10-8
Four Corner
7293.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a14.6