匠 — artisan, workman, carpenter

たくみ匠 artisan

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+5320 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1718 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1828 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

artisan
workman
carpenter

word

たくみ takumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

匠(たくみ) takumi artisan

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

師(し) 匠(しょう) shishou master 巨(きょ) 匠(しょう) kyoshou master 意(い) 匠(しょう) ishou design

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

匚 box

きん斤 axe #69

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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.

#22 匚 right open box