黍 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

millet

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショ
Kun (native)
  • きび
Other languages
  • 拼音shu3
  • 한글seo
  • Hán-ViệtThử

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
黍(きび)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9ECD

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱秂氺

Words using this kanji

  • きび(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum), proso millet
  • 黍魚子キビナゴsilver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis), slender sprat

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-7
Four Corner
2013.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5d7.6
Heisig
2651
Nelson
5400