宇 – eaves, roof, house

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The kanji 宇 means eaves, roof, house, heaven. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ウ (u). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ウ	u

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: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 干・亅・宀.

Words using 宇

宇宙うちゅうuniverse

Example sentences

宇宙には限りはない。

There is no limit to the universe.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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