靴 – shoes

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The kanji 靴 means shoes. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くつ (kutsu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 革 (no. 177).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	くつ	kutsu

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: 革 (Kangxi radical 177). Components: 化・革・匕.

Words using 靴

靴くつshoe靴下くつしたsocks

Example sentences

この靴下の片方はどこだ。

Where is the mate to this sock?

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Kanji with the same radical

革鞠

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