縞 – stripe

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The kanji 縞 means stripe. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しま、しろぎぬ (shima, shiroginu). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	しま	shima
Kun’yomi	しろぎぬ	shiroginu

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: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 口・高・糸・幺・小・亠・冂.

Words using 縞

縞しまstripe

Example sentences

あのグリーンの縞のシャツ、今洗濯してるん？

Is that green striped shirt in the wash?

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Kanji with the same radical

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