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宙 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「宀」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
On
チュウちゅう · chū
Kun
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Meaning
space; mid-air; the heavens

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

宀 "cover" plus 由 "to run through"; the wide space running under the roof — hence "mid-air, space."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチュウちゅうchū宙返りちゅうがえり宇宙うちゅう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 宇宙うちゅう

    the universe; space

  • 宙返りちゅうがえり

    somersault

More words with this kanji

  • 宇宙船うちゅうせん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

宇宙(うちゅう)の写真(しゃしん)を見(み)て感動(かんどう)した。

I was moved by the photographs of space.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

宇宙宙返り宙宇heaven…返return宅home宗religi…宝treasu…宣to pro…密dense忠loyalt…丑the Ox中middle虫insect仲relati…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 宀Map of reading チュウAll maps

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