疎 – alienate, rough, neglect

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The kanji 疎 means alienate, rough, neglect, shun, sparse, penetrate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ、ショ (so, sho); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うと.い、うと.む、まば.ら (utoi, utomu, mabara). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 疋 (no. 103).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソ	so
On’yomi	ショ	sho
Kun’yomi	うと.い	utoi
Kun’yomi	うと.む	utomu
Kun’yomi	まば.ら	mabara

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: 疋 (Kangxi radical 103). Components: ｜・一・口・止・木.

Words using 疎

過疎かそunderpopulation

Kanji with the same radical

疑

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.