滑 — slippery, slide, slip

すべる滑 slippery

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+6ED1 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1238 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1384 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

slippery
slide
slip
flunk

word

すべ sube 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).

滑(すべ) る suberu to slide

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

円(えん) 滑(かつ) enkatsu smooth

なめ name 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).

滑(なめ) らか nameraka smooth

かっ ka 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).

滑(かっ) 走(そう) kassou gliding

こっ ko 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).

滑(こっ) 稽(けい) kokkei funny

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

ほね骨 skeleton #188

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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.

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