9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

obituary

Kun'yomi
  • しらせ
On'yomi
  • news of someone's death

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

obituary
フ しらせ (11th)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)

Common Words

news of someone's death
report of a death
news of someone's death
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References

Unicode hex code 8A03
JIS X 0208 1-75-30
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4311
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5554
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1827
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1308
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 363
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 35214
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1561
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7a2.2
Four corner code 0360.0