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

mushroom

Kun'yomi
  • mushroom
  • mushroom
  • しげ
On'yomi
  • ジョウ
  • ニュ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

たけ 64.0%
ジョウ 36.0%

Character Breakdown

mushroom
たけ ジョウ ニュ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
ear
みみ ジ がみ (1st, N3)

Common Words

matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
matsutake mushroom gathering
rice cooked with matsutake
departure mushroom
Lactarius laeticolorus (edible species of lactarius mushroom)
pilose antler (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
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References

Unicode hex code 8338
JIS X 0208 1-34-91
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3935
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5026
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2809
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1949
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2394
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2475
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 925
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30918X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k6.1
Four corner code 4440.1