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宇 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「宀」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
On
ウう · u
Kun
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Meaning
heavens; eaves; universe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

宀 "roof" plus 于 "to extend gently"; a roof spreading wide — hence "eaves," and "the heavens."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onウうu宇宙うちゅう気宇きう堂宇どうう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 宇宙船うちゅうせん

    spaceship

  • 気宇きう

    breadth of mind

More words with this kanji

  • 宇宙うちゅう
  • 寰宇かんう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

宇宙(うちゅう)船(せん)が月(つき)に着(つ)いた。

The spaceship reached the moon.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

宇宙船気宇宇宙船宇宙space気spirit船ship宅home宗religi…宝treasu…宣to pro…密dense于in右right有to exi…迂rounda…吁ah!
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 宀Map of reading ウAll maps

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