麈 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

moose, priest's horsehair flapper, elk

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュ
Kun (native)
  • おおじか
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu3
  • 한글ju
  • Hán-ViệtChủ

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
鹿(しか)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9E88

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱鹿主

Words using this kanji

  • 麈尾しゅび僧などが持つ払子。元は、虫を払う目的のもの。鹿の群れは大鹿(麈)の尾を振る方向に従うとの説話よりこの名がついた。priest's flapper made from the tail of a large deer, long stick with the tail of a large deer attached

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-13
Four Corner
0021.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q13.2