囁 – whisper, murmur

21 strokesN2 vocabulary

The kanji 囁 means whisper, murmur. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ささや.く (sasayaku). It is written with 21 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	ささや.く	sasayaku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・耳.

Words using 囁

囁くささやくto whisper

Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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