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状 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「犬」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「犬」
On
ジョウじょう · jō
Kun
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Meaning
condition; state; letter (document)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

爿 "a bed" plus 犬 "dog"; describing how a thing appears — hence "condition," and a written "document."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジョウじょうjō状態じょうたい白状はくじょう免状めんじょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 状態じょうたい

    condition; state

  • 年賀状ねんがじょう

    New Year's card

More words with this kanji

  • 状況じょうきょう
  • 塊状かいじょう
  • 症状しょうじょう
  • 挨拶状あいさつじょう
  • 詫び状わびじょう
  • 甲状腺腫こうじょうせんしゅ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友(とも)だちに年賀(ねんが)状(じょう)を書(か)いた。

I wrote a New Year's card to my friend.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

年賀状状態年賀状状年year態state賀congra…犬dog猋a whir…献offer猷plan獣beast条clause情feelin…常always上up丈length
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 犬Map of reading ジョウAll maps

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