17 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1

wet, moist, humid, damp, an illness

Kun'yomi
  • しめ
  • しめ
  • うるお
  • うるお
On'yomi
  • シツ
  • シュウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

wet, moist, humid
シツ シュウ しめ.る (Kentei 1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
motes in a sunbeam, bright, fibrous

References

Unicode hex code 6FD5
JIS X 0208 1-63-28
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2714
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3353
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 796
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 984
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 712
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18483
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a9.22
Four corner code 3613.3