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冗

Redundant, Joke
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingジョウ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 16

Meanings

  1. redundant, Joke
  2. superfluousRtK
  3. uselessness
  1. waste
  2. redundance

Popular Usage

冗談

Radicals and components

Radical冖cloth cover
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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crown (冖) · weathercock · wind (風)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 321

Compound words

冗談じょうだん
joke; jest; funny story
冗員じょういん
supernumerary
冗官じょうかん
supernumerary official
冗句じょうく
redundant phrase
冗言じょうげん
chatter
冗多じょうた
superabundance
冗長じょうちょう
tedious
冗漫じょうまん
verbosity
冗談口じょうだんぐち
joke
冗談事じょうだんごと
joking matter
冗長性じょうちょうせい
redundancy
半分冗談はんぶんじょうだん
(talking in a) half-joking manner

Additional Examples

彼は腹を立てた様子だったが、結局それは冗談だった。
His apparent anger proved to be only a joke.tatoeba
彼は彼女の冗談に思わず笑ってしまった。
He could not help laughing at her jokes.tatoeba
彼は彼女の冗談が分からなかった。
He didn't get her joke.tatoeba
彼は同じ冗談を繰り返してばかりいる。
He keeps telling the same jokes over and over again.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Superfluous. 冖 (roof) + 几 — someone loafing under a roof. 冗談 — joke.Also known as “Superfluous”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 冗

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