8 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

quire (of paper), bundle of seaweed, counter for screens, notebook

Kun'yomi
  • かきもの
On'yomi
  • チョウ
  • ジョ
    folding book ②counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori) ③counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ジョウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

quire (of paper), bundle of seaweed, counter for screens
ジョウ チョウ かきもの (Kentei Pre-1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う セン し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

folding book ②counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori) ③counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.
copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
quire (of paper)
picture album
tengujo (thin washi)
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References

Unicode hex code 5E16
JIS X 0208 1-36-1
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1473
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1558
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 286
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 342
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 256
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2231
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2338
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 563
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 8849
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3f5.2
Four corner code 4126.0