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之

of
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingの、これ、ゆく、この
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. ofRtK
    彼の名前は小倉知之です。His name is Tomoyuki Ogura.tatoeba
    坂崎幸之助はアルフィーに所属しています。Kounosuke Sakazaki belongs to "THE ALFEE".tatoeba
  2. this

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Zorro · building blocks · zig-zag

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1299

Compound words

之等これら
these
之繞しんにょう
kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
貧之びんぼう
poverty-stricken
奥之院おくのいん
inner sanctuary
一炊之夢いっすいのゆめ
empty dream
雲泥之差うんでいのさ
wide difference
管鮑之交かんぽうのまじわり
inseparable friendship
三顧之礼さんこのれい
showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)
承知之助しょうちのすけ
OK
天之邪鬼あまのじゃく
perversity
匪石之心ひせきのこころ
steadfastness
帷幄之臣いあくのしん
close adviser
邯鄲之夢かんたんのゆめ
vain dream of wealth and splendour
鷸蚌之争いつぼうのあらそい
fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does)
眼鏡黐之魚めがねもちのうお
humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
始馭天下之天皇はつくにしらすすめらみこと
first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 之

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