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錘

JLPT N1 16 strokes

Meanings

Weight, Plumb Bob, Sinker, Spindle

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒垂

Etymology

Pictophonetic: metal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 vertical top-to-bottom

13 vertical right-to-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

15 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

16 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

スイ sui

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おもり omori

つむ tsumu

Words Using This Kanji

12 words total

Other (12 words)

休錘きゅうすい

idle spindles

錘状すいじょう

spindle shaped

紡錘ぼうすい

spindle

錘形つむがた

spindle-shaped

鉛錘えんすい

plumb bob

紡錘形ぼうすいけい

spindle-shaped

平衡錘へいこうすい

counterweight

紡錘体ぼうすいたい

spindle

counter for spindles

紡錘車ぼうすいしゃ

spindle base

落錘らくすい

falling weight

筋紡錘きんぼうすい

muscle spindle