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

paste, glue, sizing

Kun'yomi
  • paste ②clothing starch
On'yomi
  • コツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

のり 58.7%
41.3%

Character Breakdown

paste, glue, sizing
のり コ コツ (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
barbarian, foreign
えびす コ ウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)

Common Words

paste ②clothing starch
clotted blood
patching up (e.g. a failure)
to paste ②to scrape a living
bare livelihood
overlap width ②elbowroom
starching (e.g. clothes) ②pasting
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References

Unicode hex code 7CCA
JIS X 0208 1-24-50
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3483
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4415
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1753
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1268
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2650
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2692
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2309
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27037
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6b9.2
Four corner code 9792.0