The kanji 宇: meaning, readings and stroke order

宇

Meaning: universe, roof
On reading: ウ u
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 宀 roof
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vũ trụ, mái nhà (vũ)
Japanese: うちゅう。やね。
Korean: 우주, 지붕 (우)
Chinese: 宇宙、屋檐

Readings, words and example sentences

ウ u · on reading

宇う宙ちゅう
space, the universe
宇う宙ちゅうの写真を見ます。
I look at pictures of space.

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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.