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巣 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「巛」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「巛」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
すsu
Meaning
nest

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

It depicts a bird's nest built in a tree; the top part shows chicks, the lower part the nest and the tree.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō営巣えいそう卵巣らんそう病巣びょうそう
Kunすsu巣す巣箱すばこ巣立つすだつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 巣箱すばこ

    nest box, birdhouse

  • 巣立ちすだち

    leaving the nest

More words with this kanji

  • 巣窟そうくつ
  • 蜘蛛の巣くものす
  • 巣す

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

木(き)の上(うえ)に小鳥(ことり)の巣(す)を見(み)つけた。

I found a little bird's nest up in the tree.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

巣立ち巣箱巣立stand箱box州state岳mounta…争to fig…倉wareho…屮a spro…双pair卅thirty
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 巛Map of reading ソウAll maps

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