17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

brass

On'yomi
  • チュウ
  • トウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

チュウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

brass
チュウ トウ (Kentei 1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
affirmative response, relaxed, at ease
ユ しかり (Kentei 1)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
river
ku radical
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

type of alloy of copper and zinc (brass) with zinc at about 33-67% used to solder metals like copper and iron
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References

Unicode hex code 936E
JIS X 0208 1-79-11
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4885
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6308
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40645
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a9.8
Four corner code 8812.1