株 – stocks, stump, shares

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#432 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 株 means stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュ (shu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かぶ (kabu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュ	shu
Kun’yomi	かぶ	kabu

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 牛・木.

Words using 株

株かぶstock株式かぶしきshare (in a company)

Example sentences

彼は大金を株に投資した。

He invested a lot of money in stocks.

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彼女はパンジーを何株か花壇に植えた。

She planted some pansies in the flower bed.

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ＧＥはレイク（株）を３０００万ドルで買収したと発表した。

GE announced the acquisition of the Lake company for $30 million.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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