趣 – purport, gist, elegance

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1153 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 趣 means purport, gist, elegance, interest, proceed to, tend, become. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュ (shu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おもむき、おもむ.く (omomuki, omomuku). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 走 (no. 156).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュ	shu
Kun’yomi	おもむき	omomuki
Kun’yomi	おもむ.く	omomuku

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: 走 (Kangxi radical 156). Components: 耳・走・土・又.

Words using 趣

趣味しゅみhobby趣おもむきmeaning趣旨しゅしmeaning

Example sentences

趣味については話しましたか？

Did you talk about your hobby?

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それは、いくぶんナンセンスな趣きの楽しさがあった。

It was a delightful bit of nonsense.

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彼の最新作は趣を異にする。

His latest work belongs to a different category.

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Kanji with the same radical

起超走越赴

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