殊 – particularly, especially, exceptionally

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1361 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 殊 means particularly, especially, exceptionally. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュ (shu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こと (koto). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 歹 (no. 78).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュ	shu
Kun’yomi	こと	koto

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: 歹 (Kangxi radical 78). Components: ｜・ノ・牛・二・ハ・木・歹.

Words using 殊

特殊とくしゅspecial殊にことにespecially

Kanji with the same radical

死残殖

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.