18 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

tanned leather

Kun'yomi
  • to tan (leather, hide, etc.)
  • なめしがわ
On'yomi
  • ジュウ
  • ニュウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

tanned leather
ジュウ ニュウ なめ.す (Kentei 1)
leather, skin, reform
カク かわ (6th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
tender, weakness, gentleness
ジュウ やわ.らか ニュウ (7th, N2)
halberd, arms, festival float
ム ほこ ボウ (7th, N1)
beforehand, previous, myself
ヨ あらかじ.め シャ (3rd, N3)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)

Common Words

tanning using chromium compounds (e.g. potassium dichromate)
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References

Unicode hex code 97A3
JIS X 0208 1-80-68
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5103
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6594
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 42909
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a14.7
Four corner code 4759.4