呟 – mutter, grumble, murmur

8 strokesN1 vocabulary

The kanji 呟 means mutter, grumble, murmur. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲン (gen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つぶや.く (tsubuyaku). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲン	gen
Kun’yomi	つぶや.く	tsubuyaku

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: 玄・口・亠・幺.

Words using 呟

呟くつぶやくto mutter

Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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