訴 – accusation, sue, complain of pain

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#427 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 訴 means accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ (so); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うった.える (uttaeru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソ	so
Kun’yomi	うった.える	uttaeru

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 斤・言・丶.

Words using 訴

訴えるうったえるto raise訴えうったえlawsuit訴訟そしょうlawsuit

Example sentences

その国は国連に援助してくれるよう訴えた。

The country appealed to the United Nations for help.

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その患者はいつも頭が痛いと訴えている。

The patient is always complaining of a headache.

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その中年の男は暴行のかどで訴えられた。

The middle aged man was charged with assault.

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Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

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