11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

catalpa tree, woodblock printing

Kun'yomi
  • Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa) ②yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata) ③Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus) ④printing block
On'yomi
  • Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa) ②yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata) ③Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus) ④printing block

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あずさ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

catalpa tree, woodblock printing
あずさ シ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
spicy, bitter, hot
つら.い シン から.い (8th, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)

Common Words

female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow
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References

Unicode hex code 6893
JIS X 0208 1-16-20
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2268
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2688
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 962
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1207
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 655
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 873
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1498
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1614
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1366
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14845
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2113
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1512
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a7.5
Four corner code 4094.1