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

stripe

Kun'yomi
  • stripe ②(weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
  • しろぎぬ
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

しま 100.0%

Character Breakdown

stripe
しま コウ しろぎぬ (Kentei Pre-1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
tall, high, expensive
コウ たか.い た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

stripe ②(weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
horizontal stripes
striped pattern
vertical stripes
check(ed) pattern
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References

Unicode hex code 7E1E
JIS X 0208 1-28-42
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3595
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4569
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1784
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1287
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2671
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2712
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27777
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a10.9
Four corner code 2092.7