漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
巣: nest, rookery
Also: hive, cobweb, den
JLPT N111 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
⺍ carries the meaning · 果 is drawn in
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 卵巣らんそうovary
- 病巣びょうそうfocus (of a disease)
- 帰巣本能きそうほんのうhoming instinct
すsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 巣すnest, haunt, hive
- 巣箱すばこnest box
- 古巣ふるすold haunts, former homes
- 空き巣あきすsneak thief, empty nest
- 巣立つすだつleave the nest
Also read すくう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The small crown! Imagine a tiny, flickering light or a small cap sitting on top of a character.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
果
Also built on fruit (果)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side巣 nest · ⺍
vs菓 candy · 艹In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 巢 · cháo
巣 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 巢 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 巢 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 巢 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cháo 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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