嚆

16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

call

Kun'yomi
  • さけぶ
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

口(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

コウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

call
コウ　さけ.ぶ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
mugwort
コウ　よもぎ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
tall, high, expensive
コウ　たか.い　た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

こう
嚆
し
矢
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ②start (e.g. of a movement)
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References

Unicode hex code 5686
JIS X 0208 1-51-69
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1003
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 908
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4458X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d13.10
Four corner code 6402.7