Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1740 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: confused, mix, be in disorder

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: サク シャク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: metal, gold

Examples

Onyomi Examples

サクゴ mistake, error, discrepancy, discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

サクソウ complication, intricacy, involution, to become complicated, to get entangled

コウサク mixture, blending, complication, crossing, intersecting, interlacing

性倒 セイトウサク paraphilia, sexual deviancy

カイシャク beheading (as the ending to a seppuku), assistance, help