17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

sneeze

Kun'yomi
  • しゃ
    sneeze ②spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death
  • sneeze ②spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death
  • くさみ
  • to sneeze
  • to sneeze
On'yomi
  • テイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

sneeze
テイ くしゃみ くさめ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
head, counter for animals
ヒキ ショ ソ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)

Common Words

to sneeze
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References

Unicode hex code 568F
JIS X 0208 1-51-74
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 912
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4493
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d15.3
Four corner code 6408.1