9 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

cunning, sly, crafty, miserly, mean, stingy

Kun'yomi
  • sly ②miserly
  • sly ②miserly
  • わるがしこ
On'yomi
  • コウ
  • キョウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ずる 71.7%
コウ 28.3%

Character Breakdown

cunning, sly, crafty
ずる.い コウ キョウ (Kentei 1)
dog(犬) variant
mingle, mixing, association
コウ -か.う まじ.わる (2nd, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
father
ちち フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Common Words

smart rabbit
very shrewd in preparing a means of escape
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
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References

Unicode hex code 72E1
JIS X 0208 1-64-36
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2881
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3571
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2337
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2426
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 20365
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3g6.6
Four corner code 4024.8