17 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

shit, feces, excrement

Kun'yomi
  • damn ②feces ③damn ④terrible ⑤a lot ⑥negligible
On'yomi
  • feces (esp. animal)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

くそ 80.7%
フン 19.3%

Character Breakdown

shit, feces, excrement
くそ フン (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
uncommon, different, queerness
イ こと け (6th, N1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

dung beetle ②maggots in feces (feces)
a bowel movement
greenbottle fly
defecating outdoors
to verbally attack (violently)
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertilizer)
harsh ②sweeping denunciation
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References

Unicode hex code 7CDE
JIS X 0208 1-42-21
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3489
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4425
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2653
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2695
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27102
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6b11.3
Four corner code 9080.1