繍 – sew, figured cloth

17 strokesN1 vocabulary

The kanji 繍 means sew, figured cloth. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ (shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぬいとり (nuitori). It is written with 17 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	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	ぬいとり	nuitori

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: ｜・ノ・ヨ・糸・幺・小・水・隶.

Words using 繍

刺繍ししゅうembroidery

Example sentences

彼女からすばらしい刺繍品をもらった。

She gave me charming embroideries.

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Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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