Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1922 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: graceful, gentle, pure

Kunyomi: しと.やか

Onyomi: シュク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シュクトク womanly virtues

シュクジョ lady, (female) pervert

テイシュク chastity, virtue, fidelity, feminine modesty

シシュク looking up to a person as one's own master or model, being influenced by a person through his works, idolizing

Kunyomi Examples

やか しとやか graceful, ladylike, modest, gentle, polite, quiet, well-mannered, refined (behavior)