忠 – loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness

8 strokesTaught in grade 6#1113 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 忠 means loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チュウ (chuu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チュウ	chuu

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: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: ｜・口・心.

Words using 忠

忠告ちゅうこくadvice

Example sentences

私は彼に煙草を吸うなと忠告した。

I advised him against smoking.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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