状 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「犬」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「犬」
- On
- ジョウ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- condition; state; letter (document)
Origin
爿 "a bed" plus 犬 "dog"; describing how a thing appears — hence "condition," and a written "document."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ジョウ | 状態・白状・免状 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 状態じょうたい
condition; state
- 年賀状ねんがじょう
New Year's card
Example
友だちに年賀状を書いた。
I wrote a New Year's card to my friend.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)