The kanji 修: meaning, readings and stroke order

修

Meaning: repair, study
On reading: シュウ shuu、シュ* shu
Kun reading: おさ（める） osameru、おさ（まる） osamaru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sửa chữa, học tập (tu)
Japanese: なおす。まなんでみにつける。
Korean: 고치다, 닦다 (수)
Chinese: 修理、学习

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading

修しゅう理り
repair
こわれた時計を 修しゅう理りします。
I repair the broken clock.

おさ（める） osameru · kun reading · less common

修おさめる
to study, to master
大学で学問を 修おさめます。
He studies hard to master his subject at university.

おさ（まる） osamaru · kun reading · less common

修おさまる
to become well-behaved
だんだん行いが 修おさまりました。
Little by little, his behavior got better.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.