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儒 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

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準2High school level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
ジュじゅ · ju
Kun
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Meaning
Confucian scholar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Person plus what is needed: the scholar who presides over rites and teaches — a Confucian.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジュじゅju儒学じゅがく儒教じゅきょう儒者じゅしゃ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 儒教じゅきょう

    Confucianism

  • 儒学じゅがく

    Confucian studies

More words with this kanji

  • 碩儒せきじゅ
  • 侏儒柱しゅじゅばしら

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

儒教(じゅきょう)は東(ひがし)アジアに広(ひろ)く伝(つた)わった。

Confucianism spread widely across East Asia.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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