Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

塾: cram school, private school

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

土 carries the meaning · 孰 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジュクjuku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 塾じゅくcram school; private tutoring school; juku
  • 塾長じゅくちょうprincipal of a private school
  • 塾生じゅくせいcram school student
  • 私塾しじゅくsmall private school (esp. for cramming)
  • 入塾にゅうじゅくenrolling at a cram school

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
More in the 土 earth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
孰

Also built on 孰

土

Also built on earth (土)

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Also read ジュク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
塾 cram school · 土
vs熟 mellow · 灬
塾 has 土 where 熟 has 灬.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shú

Same form: 塾 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
塾 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
塾 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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