Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1782 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: superfluous, uselessness

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: わかんむり

Meaning: cover

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

談(じょうだん)   joke

長な(じょうちょうな)   tedious, verbose, redundancy

Onyomi Examples

ジョウ waste, uselessness, redundance

ジョウダン joke, jest, funny story