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

crawl, creep, grovel, trail (vines)

Kun'yomi
  • to crawl ②to slither ③to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.)
  • むかえる
  • この
On'yomi
  • シャ
  • ゲン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

57.7%
シャ 42.3%

Character Breakdown

crawl, creep, grovel
は.う シャ ゲン (Kentei Pre-1)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク

Common Words

to crawl ②to slither ③to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.)
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom
inside this
to crawl out ②to begin to crawl
crawling on all fours
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References

Unicode hex code 9019
JIS X 0208 1-39-71
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4698
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6058
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4003
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2775
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2414
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2494
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1515
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 38889X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2q7.1
Four corner code 3030.6