17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

sneeze

Kun'yomi
  • しゃ
    sneeze ②spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death
  • sneeze ②spoken twice in response to someone sneezing as a charm against an early death
  • くさみ
  • to sneeze
On'yomi
  • テイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

sneeze
テイ くしゃみ くさめ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 5694
JIS X 0208 1-51-73
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1010
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 917
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4501
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d15.3
Four corner code 6408.1