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鼠 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「鼠」

道
準1University / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「鼠」
On
ソ・ショそ・しょ · so · sho
Kun
ねずみ・ねずnezumi · nezu
Meaning
rat; mouse

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a rat — head, feet and long tail.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鼠ねずみ

    rat; mouse

  • 鼠色ねずみいろ

    grey

More words with this kanji

  • 鼯鼠むささび
  • 鼴鼠もぐら

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夜(よる)になると天井(てんじょう)裏(うら)で鼠(ねずみ)の足音(あしおと)がする。

At night you can hear rats scurrying above the ceiling.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鼠色鼠色color鼬a weas…鼯a flyi…鼴a mole疋counte…庄manor杵pestle岨rocky…姐elder…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 鼠Map of reading ソAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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