冗 – superfluous, uselessness

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The kanji 冗 means superfluous, uselessness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 冖 (no. 14).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou

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: 冖 (Kangxi radical 14). Components: 冖・几.

Words using 冗

冗談じょうだんjoke

Example sentences

冗談はもうたくさんだ。

No more of your jokes, please.

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Kanji with the same radical

写冠

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