鼬
Stroke order
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Meaning
weasel, skunk, ermine
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ユウ
- ユ
- Kun (native)
- いたち
- Other languages
- 拼音you4
- 한글yu
- Hán-ViệtDứu
Basics
- Strokes
- 18 strokes
- Radical
- 鼠(ねずみ)
- JIS level
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+9F2C
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰鼠由
Words using this kanji
- 鼬イタチweasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi), mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
- 鼬鮫イタチザメいたちざめ参照。tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
- 鼬魚いたちうおgoatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
- 鼬萩いたちはぎfalse indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), bastard indigo, leadwort
- 鼬穴熊いたちあなぐまferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)
- 鼬ごっこいたちごっこgoing round in circles, game of cat and mouse, pointless and repetitive back-and-forth, itachi-gokko
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
3-13-5- Four Corner
7571.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a18.1- Nelson
- 5418