7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N3

grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further

Kun'yomi
  • new ②new ③obvious
  • furthermore
  • to get late
  • to sit up late
On'yomi
  • one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours)

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

さらさら 81.7%
コウ 16.2%
けるかす 2.1%

Character Breakdown

grow late, night watch, sit up late
さら コウ ふ.ける (7th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Contained In

便

Common Words

now (when it is already much too late) ②afresh
cotton print
feeling that something has come too late
although at this late hour ②afresh
high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)
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References

Unicode hex code 66F4
JIS X 0208 1-25-25
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 42
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2422
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3541
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4355
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2205
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2967
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 694
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 749
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 978
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 528
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1311
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14283
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1248
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1008
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1045
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 610
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1133
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1076
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 997
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 701
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a7.12
Four corner code 1050.6
De Roo Code 3166