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

narrow, fold, furl, shrug, pucker, shut, close

Kun'yomi
  • to make narrower
  • to make narrower
  • せま
On'yomi
  • サク

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

サク 100.0%

Character Breakdown

narrow, fold, furl
サク すぼ.める つぼ.める (Kentei Pre-1)
hole, aperture, slit
あな ケツ けな (6th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ サク -なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)

Contained In

References

Unicode hex code 7A84
JIS X 0208 1-26-85
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3322
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4197
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2830
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1966
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2614
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2660
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 25455
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m7.11
Four corner code 3021.1