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叔 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「又」

道
準2High school level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「又」
On
シュクしゅく · shuku
Kun
—
Meaning
uncle; younger

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A hand picking up small beans: small, younger; used for a parent’s younger brother or sister.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシュクしゅくshuku伯叔はくしゅく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 叔父おじ

    uncle (parent’s younger brother)

  • 叔母おば

    aunt (parent’s younger sister)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夏休(なつやす)みは叔父(おじ)の家(いえ)に泊(と)まった。

I stayed at my uncle’s house over the summer holidays.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 又Map of reading シュクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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