Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1601 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: corner, nook

Kunyomi: すみ

Onyomi: グウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(いちぐう)   corner, nook

(すみ)   corner, nook

々(すみずみ)   every nook and corner

(かたすみ)   corner, nook

(よすみ)   four corners

Onyomi Examples

イチグウ corner, nook

ヨスミ four corners, four ordinal directions

Kunyomi Examples

すみ corner, nook, recess, downstage right (on a noh stage)

すみずみ every corner, every nook and cranny, all the ins and outs

よすみ four corners, four ordinal directions

いちぐう corner, nook