14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

sudden, quick, sound of the wind

Kun'yomi
  • quickly (esp. actions) ②suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
On'yomi
  • サツ
  • ソウ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

さっ 98.0%
サツ 2.0%

Character Breakdown

sudden, quick, sound of the wind
さっ.と サツ ソウ (Kentei 1, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wind, air, style
かぜ フウ フ (2nd, N4)
commonplace, ordinary, mediocre
ボン およ.そ ハン (7th, N1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし チュウ キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
rising stroke

Common Words

rustling (of wind)
cutting a fine (dashing, gallant, noble) figure
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References

Unicode hex code 98AF
JIS X 0208 1-81-5
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3362
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6665
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1563
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 825
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1130
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2619
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2664
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2109
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 43808
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2266
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5b9.4
Four corner code 0711.0