6 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

warrior, arms, barbarian, Ainu

Kun'yomi
  • peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) ②provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city) ③brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan) ④foreigner
  • つわもの
On'yomi
  • ジュウ
Nanori
  • えび

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

えびす 90.9%
ジュウ 9.1%

Character Breakdown

warrior, arms, barbarian
えびす ジュウ つわもの (Kentei Pre-1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

the barbarians beyond the borders of old China
barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
Quanrong (ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty)
weapons of war
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References

Unicode hex code 620E
JIS X 0208 1-29-31
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1798
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2024
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 321
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11539
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4n2.4
Four corner code 5340.0