冗 — superfluous, uselessness

じょう冗 superfluous

じょう

U+5197 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1782 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #321 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

superfluous
uselessness

Readings

On'yomi: じょう jou

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じょう jou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

冗(じょう) 談(だん) joudan joke

Words by frequency and grade

1 word

Each dot is a word containing 冗: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

冖 cover

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#14 冖 cover