詳 – detailed, full, minute

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The kanji 詳 means detailed, full, minute, accurate, well-informed. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くわ.しい、つまび.らか (kuwashii, tsumabiraka). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	くわ.しい	kuwashii
Kun’yomi	つまび.らか	tsumabiraka

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: 王・言・并・羊.

Words using 詳

詳しいくわしいdetailed詳細しょうさいdetails

Example sentences

もっと詳しい情報が欲しい。

I want more detailed information.

Tatoeba #193266

このあたりはお詳しいですか。

Are you familiar with this area?

Tatoeba #224025

私たちはその件を詳細に検討した。

We debated the matter at length.

Tatoeba #166410

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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