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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

隅: corner, nook

JLPT N212 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⻖ carries the meaning · 禺 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

グウguu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 一隅いちぐうcorner, nook

すみsumi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 隅すみcorner, nook
  • 隅々すみずみevery nook and corner
  • 片隅かたすみcorner, nook
  • 四隅よすみfour corners

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
More in the 阝 hill story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⻖

Also built on hill (⻖)

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禺

Also built on 禺

隅 takes the 禺 family's reading, グウ (guu).

Also read グウ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
隅 corner · ⻖
vs偶 accidentally · 亻
隅 has ⻖ where 偶 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yú

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

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

Pinyin yú 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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