10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

gauze, gossamer

Kun'yomi
  • うすぎぬ
On'yomi
  • シャ
    (silk) gauze
Nanori
  • たえ
  • すず

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

シャ 95.0%
5.0%

Character Breakdown

gauze, gossamer
シャ サ うすぎぬ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
few, little
すこ.し ショウ すく.ない (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 7D17
JIS X 0208 1-28-51
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3503
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4446
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1301
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1653
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 878
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1196
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2673
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2714
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1683
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27287
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2191
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a4.6
Four corner code 2992.0