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冗 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「冖」

道
3Junior high level ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「冖」
On
ジョウじょう · jō
Kun
—
Meaning
superfluous

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

What is left over and useless — superfluous.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジョウじょうjō冗談じょうだん冗長じょうちょう冗費じょうひ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 冗談じょうだん

    joke

  • 冗長じょうちょう

    verbose

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

冗談(じょうだん)を言(い)って場(ば)をやわらげた。

I lightened the mood with a joke.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

冗談冗長冗談talk長long冠crown写copy冥dark冤false…冢burial…錠lock嬢young…譲yield上up丈length
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 冖Map of reading ジョウAll maps

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