髄
髄 — Marrow
marrow, pith, essence
On’yomiズイ (zui)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (19 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 髄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骨髄 | こつずい kotsuzui | bone marrow; medulla; heart's core |
| 真髄 | しんずい shinzui | essence; quintessence; spirit |
| 髄膜炎 | ずいまくえん zuimakuen | meningitis |
| 脊髄 | せきずい sekizui | spinal cord |
Study notes
髄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1652 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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