菽

12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

beans

Kun'yomi
  • まめ
    		legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses) ②soya bean (Glycine max) ③small ④child
On'yomi
  • シュク

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

beans
シュク　まめ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
uncle, youth
シュク　よし (9th, N1)
younger of brothers, father's younger brother, younger brother of a husband
シュク　まめ
above, up
ジョウ　うえ　あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
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)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)

References

Unicode hex code 83FD
JIS X 0208 1-72-35
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5068
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31241X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k8.7
Four corner code 4494.7