注 – pour, irrigate, shed (tears)

8 strokesTaught in grade 3#497 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 注 means pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チュウ (chuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is そそ.ぐ、さ.す、つ.ぐ (sosogu, sasu, tsugu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チュウ	chuu
Kun’yomi	そそ.ぐ	sosogu
Kun’yomi	さ.す	sasu
Kun’yomi	つ.ぐ	tsugu

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 王・汁・丶.

Words using 注

注意ちゅういattention注射ちゅうしゃinjection注ちゅうannotation注すさすto pour注ぐそそぐto pour (into)注目ちゅうもくnotice注文ちゅうもんorder (for an item)注ぐつぐto pour (into a vessel)

Example sentences

健康にもっと注意を払うべきだ。

You should pay more attention to your health.

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寝坊しないように注意しなさい。

Take care not to oversleep.

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彼に遅れないように注意した。

I cautioned him against being late.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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