Jisho

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Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 繍衣 【シュウイ】 embroidered clothing
  • 繍匠 【シュウショウ】 embroiderer
  • メリヤス刺繍 【メリヤスシシュウ】 embroidery on wool, Swiss darning, duplicate stitch
  • フランス刺繍 【フランスシシュウ】 embroidery

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu4
Korean:
su

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3616 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2954 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1794 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
27913X Morohashi
4572 New Nelson (John Haig)
2665 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2707 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6a13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
2592.7 Four corner code
1-29-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e4d Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
box
Parts:
Variants:
artisan, workman, carpenter
Kun:
たくみ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 匠 【ショウ】 craftsman, artisan, carpenter, (skilled) workman
  • 匠気 【ショウキ】 affectation, desire to be impressive
  • 師匠 【シショウ】 master, teacher, stable master
  • 意匠 【イショウ】 design, idea, conception, plan

Kun reading compounds

  • 匠 【たくみ】 craftsman, artisan, workman, carpenter, craft, craftsmanship, skill, dexterity, design, plot, scheme, artifice, trick
  • 飛騨の匠 【ひだのたくみ】 historical system whereby the Hida region provided the central government 10 carpenters per village in place of taxes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • artesano
  • trabajador

Portuguese

  • artesão
  • carpinteiro

French

  • artisan
  • ouvrier
  • charpentier
1388 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1491 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
761 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1532 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1107 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
503 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1443 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1715 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
236 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3711 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1900 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2581 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1709 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2605 Morohashi
2990 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1693 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1828 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1063 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
7171.2 Four corner code
1-30-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5320 Unicode hex code