13 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

oak

Kun'yomi
  • oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
On'yomi
  • シュウ
  • ユウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

なら 100.0%

Character Breakdown

oak
なら シュウ ユウ (Kentei Pre-1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
chieftain
シュウ ジュ おさ (Kentei Pre-1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり ユウ なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

Narayama Bushikō - The Ballad of Narayama (1954 novel by Fukazawa Shichirō, 1983 film by Imamura Shōhei)
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References

Unicode hex code 6962
JIS X 0208 1-38-74
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2310
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2769
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1287
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 934
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2493
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2556
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1900
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 15154X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a9.23
Four corner code 4896.1