麝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ジャコウジカ。
  2. ジャコウジカから取れる香料。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「鹿」+音符「射」。「ジャコウジカ」を意味する漢語{麝}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

musk deer

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジャ
  • シャ
Other languages
  • 拼音she4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtXạ

Basics

Strokes
21 strokes
Radical
鹿(しか)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9E9D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱鹿射

Words using this kanji

  • 麝香じゃこう麝香鹿の麝香嚢から精製される香料の一つ。黒い褐色の粉末。ムスクmusk
  • 麝香鹿じゃこうじかクジラ偶蹄目ジャコウジカ科ジャコウジカ属に属する鯨偶蹄類の総称。学名:Moschus。musk deer
  • 麝香水じゃこうすいmusk water, musk scent
  • 麝香鼠じゃこうねずみジャコウネズミAsian house shrew (Suncus murinus)
  • 麝香猫じゃこうねこジャコウネコ。civet cat
  • 麝香腺じゃこうせんmusk gland
  • 麝香牛じゃこううしジャコウウシmuskox (Ovibos moschatus), musk ox
  • 麝香豌豆ジャコウエンドウsweet pea
  • 麝香揚羽じゃこうあげはChinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)
  • 麝香連理草じゃこうれんりそうsweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
  • 麝香アンテロープじゃこうアンテロープsuni (Neotragus moschatus)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-11-10
Four Corner
0024.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q18.3
Nelson
5382