Nihoner
漢字 Kanji list Games
Log in Play Kanji Duel
佝

Foolish

On’yomiこう・く
Kun’yomiせむし
MeaningsFoolish, Stooped Over
7 strokes Radical 人 man
書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 佝

Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.

佝
7 strokes
✎ Now write it yourself

Draw it on screen and be marked on stroke order and direction.

分解 · What it is made of

The parts of 佝

Almost every kanji is built from a small set of reusable parts. Learn the parts once and you stop memorising thousands of unrelated shapes.

部首 · Radical

The radical of 佝

人 Radical 9 of 214
Man

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 佝 is filed under 人 (man) — radical number 9 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

Other kanji built on 人

練習 · Practice

Drill 佝 right now

Three quick games built from this character's real data. Your streak is kept in this browser.

0Streak
0Best
0Correct
佝Tap to reveal
Foolish こう・く せむし
佝
What does it mean?
—
Which kanji is it?
熟語 · In real words

Words that use 佝

Kanji are almost never met alone. These are the most common words built from this character, ordered by how often they actually appear in Japanese.

佝僂 クル rickets; person with rickets, hunchback

Think you know which kanji is more common?

Kanji Duel pits 佝 and 3,000 others head to head. One life. How long can you last?

Enter the Duel →
質問 · Questions

About the kanji 佝

What does the kanji 佝 mean?

佝 means Foolish, Stooped Over.

How do you read the kanji 佝?

佝 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) こう、く; kun'yomi (native Japanese) せむし.

How many strokes does 佝 have?

佝 is written with 7 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What is the radical of 佝?

The radical of 佝 is 人 (man), radical number 9 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

What parts is the kanji 佝 made of?

佝 is built from 亻 (radical number 9) and 句 (phrase). Learning kanji as combinations of a few hundred reusable components is far more efficient than memorising each character as a separate shape.

What words use the kanji 佝?

Common words written with 佝 include 佝僂 (クル, rickets; person with rickets, hunchback).

読

None of this is being saved

Signed in, we would remember every character you have looked at — and write you reading you can actually get through, built from exactly those.

Start remembering — free
Free account · 3 passages a day · no card