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錘 — Weight

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary school
weight, plumb bob, sinker, spindle
On’yomiスイ (sui)
Kun’yomiつむ (tsumu)
Kun’yomiおもり (omori)

Stroke order (16 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

錘 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. 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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