袖 – sleeve, wing (building), extension

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The kanji 袖 means sleeve, wing (building), extension, give cold shoulder. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ (shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is そで (sode). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	そで	sode

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: 衣 (Kangxi radical 145). Components: ｜・一・初・田.

Words using 袖

袖そでsleeve

Example sentences

父は袖に長い裂け目を作った。

Father made a long tear in his sleeve.

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Kanji with the same radical

表裁補被製装裏複裂裕袋襲衣衰裸襟

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