雛 – chick, squab, duckling

18 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2241 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 雛 means chick, squab, duckling, doll. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スウ、ス、ジュ (suu, su, ju); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひな、ひよこ (hina, hiyoko). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 隹 (no. 172).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スウ	suu
On’yomi	ス	su
On’yomi	ジュ	ju
Kun’yomi	ひな	hina
Kun’yomi	ひよこ	hiyoko

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: 隹 (Kangxi radical 172). Components: 勹・屮・隹.

Words using 雛

雛ひなyoung bird雛祭ひなまつりHinamatsuri (March 3)

Kanji with the same radical

集難離雄雑雇雌

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