措 – set aside, give up, suspend

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#818 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 措 means set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue, lay aside, except. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ (so); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.く (oku). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソ	so
Kun’yomi	お.く	oku

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ｜・一・二・日・扎.

Words using 措

措置そちmeasure

Example sentences

手後れにならないうちに、必要な措置を取るべきです。

We should take the necessary steps before it's too late.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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