隅 – corner, nook

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The kanji 隅 means corner, nook. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is グウ (guu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すみ (sumi). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	グウ	guu
Kun’yomi	すみ	sumi

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: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 田・日・冂・厶・禹・阡.

Words using 隅

隅すみcorner

Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥

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