蛸

13 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

octopus

Kun'yomi
  • たこ
    		octopus ②fool
On'yomi
  • ソウ
  • ショウ

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

たこ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

octopus
たこ　ソウ　ショウ (Kentei Pre-1)
insect, bug, temper
むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
resemblance
ショウ　あやか.る (9th, N1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)

Common Words

たこ
蛸
あし
足
many-legged
たこ
蛸
にゅう
入
どう
道
octopus
たこ
蛸
ぼう
坊
ず
主
man with a bald or shaven head
たこ
蛸
はい
配
とう
当
bogus dividend
す
酢
だこ
蛸
(sliced and) pickled octopus
たこ
蛸
ひ
引
　
き
long, thin-bladed knife used for sashimi preparation
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References

Unicode hex code 86F8
JIS X 0208 1-34-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4149
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5330
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2690
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2729
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 33072X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d7.5
Four corner code 5912.7