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

an ancient musical instrument

On'yomi
  • チク
    zhu (ancient Chinese string instrument)
Nanori
  • つく
  • づき

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つく 94.0%
チク 4.5%
づき 1.5%

Character Breakdown

an ancient musical instrument
つく チク づき (Kentei Pre-1)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
bind, firm, secure
キョウ
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
ボン およ.そ ハン (7th, N1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

Tsukushi (former province located in northern Kyūshū; later split into Chikuzen and Chikugo) ②Kyūshū
Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music) ②koto used in Tsukushi-goto music
Tsukuba University Library digitized Information Public Service
National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology
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References

Unicode hex code 7B51
JIS X 0208 1-35-62
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3389
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4280
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3316
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2334
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2637
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2681
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1771
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26002X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f6.6
Four corner code 8811.7