15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

choke, smother

Kun'yomi
  • to choke
  • to be choked
On'yomi
  • イツ
  • エツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

せる 83.3%
むせ 16.7%

Character Breakdown

choke, smother
む.せる むせ.ぶ イツ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one
イチ イツ ひとつ (Kentei 1)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
beans, pea, midget
まめ トウ ズ (3rd, N1)
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide

References

Unicode hex code 564E
JIS X 0208 1-51-57
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 990
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 895
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4307
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d12.6
Four corner code 6401.8