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The Kanji Map

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: 氵 叔

淑

Radical

Radical: 水

Meaning: water

Reading: みず

Frequency: 1,595

Alternative forms:

氵(alt radical position hen)氺

水

Examples

Onyomi Examples

淑徳 (シュクトク) womanly virtues

淑女 (シュクジョ) lady, (female) pervert

貞淑 (テイシュク) chastity, virtue, fidelity, feminine modesty

私淑 (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

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

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