塾 – cram school, private school

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1297 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 塾 means cram school, private school. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュク (juku). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュク	juku

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: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 丶・九・口・子・土・亠.

Words using 塾

塾じゅくcram school

Example sentences

あの子を無理に塾に通わせるのは反対だね。

I'm against us forcing the child to go to cram school.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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