戎

6 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

warrior, arms, barbarian, Ainu

Kun'yomi
  • えびす
    		peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) ②provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city) ③brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan) ④foreigner
  • つわもの
On'yomi
  • ジュウ
Nanori
  • えび

Main Radical

戈(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

えびす 90.9%
ジュウ 9.1%

Character Breakdown

warrior, arms, barbarian
えびす　ジュウ　つわもの (Kentei Pre-1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)

Contained In

絨 賊

Common Words

せい
西
じゅう
戎
Xirong
とお
十
か
日
えびす
戎
festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce
じゅう
戎
き
葵
hollyhock
い
夷
ばん
蛮
じゅう
戎
てき
狄
the barbarians beyond the borders of old China
とう
東
い
夷
せい
西
じゅう
戎
barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
じゅう
戎
ば
馬
warhorse
けん
犬
じゅう
戎
Quanrong (ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty)
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References

Unicode hex code 620E
JIS X 0208 1-29-31
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1798
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2024
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 321
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11539
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4n2.4
Four corner code 5340.0