窓
窓 — Window
window, pane
On’yomiソウ (sou)
On’yomiス (su)
Kun’yomiまど (mado)
Kun’yomiてんまど (tenmado)
Kun’yomiけむだし (kemudashi)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 窓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窓 | まど mado | window |
| 窓口 | まどぐち madoguchi | counter; window; teller window |
| 同窓会 | どうそうかい dousoukai | alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting |
| 窓際 | まどぎわ madogiwa | at the window; by the window; next to the window |
| 同窓 | どうそう dousou | being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus |
| 車窓 | しゃそう shasou | train window; car window |
Study notes
窓 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1186 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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