秒 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
- On
- ビョウびょう · byō
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- second (of time)
Stroke order
Origin
禾 (grain) + 少 (phonetic). From the tiny tip of a grain spike came the meaning of something very small: a 'second' of time.
Readings and examples
| Onビョウびょうbyō | 秒針びょうしん秒速びょうそく寸秒すんびょう |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 秒速びょうそく
speed per second
- 何秒なんびょう
how many seconds
Example
あと 十秒で はじまります。
It will start in ten seconds.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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