吊 – suspend, hang, wear (sword)

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The kanji 吊 means suspend, hang, wear (sword). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つ.る、つる.す (tsuru, tsurusu). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	つ.る	tsuru
Kun’yomi	つる.す	tsurusu

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: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 巾・口.

Words using 吊

吊るつるto hang吊すつるすto hang吊り革つりかわstrap (to hang onto)

Kanji with the same radical

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