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黠

黠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 黒くて堅いもの。
  2. 賢い。聡い。
  3. 悪賢い。ずるい。
  4. 百六韻の一つ。入声第八。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「黑」＋「吉」。「吉」は、堅いこと。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

crafty

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツ
Kun (native)
  • さと(い)
  • わるがしこ(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音xia2
  • 한글hil
  • Hán-ViệtHiệt

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
黑(くろ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9EE0

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰黑吉

Words using this kanji

  • 黠奴かつどcunning person, crafty person

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-12-6
Four Corner
6436.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d14.6
Nelson
5409