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隅 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」

道
準2High school level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」
On
グウぐう · gū
Kun
すみsumi
Meaning
corner; nook

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⻖ "hill" with 禺: the shaded place behind a hill — a corner, a nook.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onグウぐうgū一隅いちぐう
Kunすみsumi隅すみ片隅かたすみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 片隅かたすみ

    a corner; nook

  • 一隅いちぐう

    one corner

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

部屋(へや)の隅(すみ)に立(た)つ。

I stand in the corner of the room.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

一隅片隅隅一one片one si…附attach陥fall…阡a thou…阨narrow防to pre…禺a long…宮shrine偶by cha…遇meet寓tempor…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical ⻖Map of reading グウAll maps

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