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鼠

鼠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ねずみ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。穴の中の鼠を象る。「ネズミ」を意味する漢語｛鼠｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

rat, mouse, dark gray

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
鼠(ねずみ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9F20

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱臼⿲𠄌⺀⿲𠄌⺀㇂

Words using this kanji

  • 鼠ネズミねずみ。mouse, rat, dark gray, slate gray
  • 鼠ねずねずみ。mouse, rat, dark gray, slate gray
  • 鼠疫そえきplague, pest
  • 鼠害そがい鼠による農作物や住民の健康などへの被害。damage by rats or mice
  • 鼠巣そそうrat's nest
  • 鼠賊そぞくねずみのようなこそ泥。petty thief, pilferer, sneak thief
  • 鼠族そぞくrodents
  • 鼠盗そとう小さな盗みをする泥棒。鼠賊。pilfering
  • 鼠輩そはいねずみの群れ。 取るに足らない輩。small fry, unimportant people
  • 鼠径そけい腹部と両下肢とが接する内側の部分。太股の内側の付け根。鼠蹊。鼠経。鼠頸。鼠径部。groin, inguinal region
  • 鼠穴ねずみあな鼠が壁などに開けた穴。rathole, mousehole
  • 鼠算ねずみざん和算で一つがいの鼠が正月に子を産み、以後毎月繁殖していき、年末には何匹になるかを計算する問題。ねずみは多産であることから相当な数になる。 数などが急激に増加すること。geometric progression, proliferation, multiplying like rats
  • 鼠鮫ネズミザメねずみざめの学術的表記。salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
  • 鼠黐ねずみもちJapanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
  • 鼠毛ねずみげdun (horse coat color)
  • 鼠窃そせつsneak-thief
  • 鼠坊ねずっぽdragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)
  • 鼠毒そどくrat-bite fever, sodoku
  • 鼠子ねずこJapanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)
  • 鼠鯒ねずみごちRichardson's dragonet (Repomucenus richardsonii), Richard's dragonet

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-7
Four Corner
7771.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a13.1
Heisig
2856
Nelson
5417