6 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)

Kun'yomi
  • northeast
On'yomi
  • gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast)
  • gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

うしとら 78.9%
コンゴン 21.1%

Character Breakdown

northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant

Common Words

gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast)
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References

Unicode hex code 826E
JIS X 0208 1-26-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3884
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4953
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3517
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4330
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 529
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30596
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a6.7
Four corner code 7773.2