状 – status quo, conditions, circumstances

7 strokesTaught in grade 5#298 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 状 means status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 犬 (no. 94).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou

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: 犬 (Kangxi radical 94). Components: 犬・爿.

Words using 状

状況じょうきょうstate of affairs症状しょうじょうsymptoms状態じょうたいstate現状げんじょうpresent condition白状はくじょうconfession

Example sentences

状況をお知らせください。

Please let me know the status.

Tatoeba #146018

よくこういう症状が起きますか。

Do you have this symptom often?

Tatoeba #192821

その古家はひどい状態であった。

The old house was in bad shape.

Tatoeba #210883

Kanji with the same radical

独献狙犯獲猛犬狭狂獄猫獣猿狩狡

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