胡 – barbarian, foreign

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The kanji 胡 means barbarian, foreign. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ウ、コ、ゴ (u, ko, go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なんぞ (nanzo). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ウ	u
On’yomi	コ	ko
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	なんぞ	nanzo

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: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・口・十.

Words using 胡

胡椒こしょうpepper

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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