秒 – second (1/60 minute)

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The kanji 秒 means second (1/60 minute). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ビョウ (byou). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ビョウ	byou

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: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: ノ・禾・小.

Words using 秒

秒びょうsecond (unit of time)

Example sentences

私の時計は１日に５秒進みます。

My watch gains five seconds a day.

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Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程科積秋秀秘称稲稼秩稿穏

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