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The Kanji Map

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: 阝 禺

隅

Radical

Radical: 阜

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

一隅(いちぐう)   corner, nook

隅(すみ)   corner, nook

隅々(すみずみ)   every nook and corner

片隅(かたすみ)   corner, nook

四隅(よすみ)   four corners

Onyomi Examples

隅角 (グウカク) iridocorneal angle, angulus iridocornealis, corner

一隅 (イチグウ) corner, nook

四隅 (ヨスミ) four corners, four ordinal directions

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

四隅 (よすみ) four corners, four ordinal directions

一隅 (いちぐう) corner, nook

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