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superfluous
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingジョウ

Meanings

  1. superfluousRtK
  2. uselessness
  1. joke
  2. jest
  3. funny story

Popular Usage

冗談

Radicals and components

Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

crown () · weathercock · wind ()

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

Compound words

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

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