遊 — play

あそぶ遊 play

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+904A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #941 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1126 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

play

word

あそ aso 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).

遊(あそ) ぶ asobu to play 遊(あそ) び asobi play 遊(あそ) べる asoberu to be able to play

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

遊(ゆう) 園(えん) yuuen amusement park 遊(ゆう) 戯(ぎ) yuugi game

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

斿 banner streamer

辶 road

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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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