録 – record

16 strokesTaught in grade 4#546 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 録 means record. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロク (roku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しる.す、と.る (shirusu, toru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロク	roku
Kun’yomi	しる.す	shirusu
Kun’yomi	と.る	toru

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: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: ヨ・金・水・隶.

Words using 録

記録きろくrecord録音ろくおん(audio) recording登録とうろくregistration付録ふろくappendix目録もくろくcatalogue

Example sentences

今年になってやっとこれらの記録がみんなに利用できるようになった。

It was not until this year that these documents were made available to the public.

Tatoeba #171407

無言が記録されたためしはない。

No silence was ever written down.

Tatoeba #80936

日本の貿易黒字は史上最高を記録しました。

Japan's trade surplus soared to a record high.

Tatoeba #122549

Kanji with the same radical

金銀針鉄鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡釣

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.