側 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
- On
- ソクそく · soku
- Kun
- がわ・かわgawa · kawa
- Meaning
- side
Stroke order
Origin
Phonetic-semantic. Person 亻 gives the meaning and 則 the sound. It means beside a person; a side.
Readings and examples
| Onソクそくsoku | 側面そくめん側近そっきん側壁そくへき |
|---|---|
| Kunがわgawa | 側がわ裏側うらがわ片側かたがわ 「かわ」とも。 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 両側りょうがわ
both sides
- 右側みぎがわ
right side
- 裏側うらがわ
- 縁側えんがわ
- 舷側げんそく
- 輾転反側てんてんはんそく
Example
道の両側に木が植えてある。
Trees are planted on both sides of the road.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)