注 — pour, irrigate, annotate

ちゅう注 pour

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+6CE8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #497 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #267 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pour
irrigate
annotate

word

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

注(ちゅう) chuu note 注(ちゅう) 意(い) chuui attention 注(ちゅう) 文(もん) chuumon order 注(ちゅう) 目(もく) chuumoku attention 発(はっ) 注(ちゅう) hacchuu ordering 受(じゅ) 注(ちゅう) juchuu order received 注(ちゅう) 意(い) 深(ぶか) い chuuibukai cautious 注(ちゅう) 入(にゅう) chuunyuu injection

そそ soso 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).

注(そそ) ぐ sosogu to pour

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

みず水 water #85

氵 water (left form)

ぬし主 owner

Phono-semantic compound (形声). 氵 (water) provides the meaning — flowing liquid. 主 (shu/chū, lord/main) gives the sound. To pour or concentrate.

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#85 水 water