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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

脩: dried meat

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 攸 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 束脩そくしゅうentrance fee; initiation fee
  • 脩竹しゅうちくtall bamboo

Also read おさめる, ながい, ほじし, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
攸

Also built on 攸

月

Also built on meat (月)

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Also read シュウ

39 kanji share this on'yomiAll 39

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
脩 dried meat · 月
vs修 discipline · 彡
脩 has 月 where 修 has 彡.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiū

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

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

Pinyin xiū 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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