偶 – accidentally, even number, couple

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1602 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 偶 means accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is グウ (guu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たま (tama). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	グウ	guu
Kun’yomi	たま	tama

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: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・田・冂・厶・禹.

Words using 偶

偶然ぐうぜんcoincidence偶々たまたまby chance偶たまoccasional偶数ぐうすうeven number配偶者はいぐうしゃspouse

Example sentences

私は、偶然旧友に会った。

I met an old friend by chance.

Tatoeba #162278

２、４、６などは偶数です。

Two, four, six, etc. are even numbers.

Tatoeba #235605

彼女は彼が貧しいときも彼を支えるすばらしい配偶者だった。

She was an excellent spouse who stood by him through poverty.

Tatoeba #87476

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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