The kanji 宙: meaning, readings and stroke order

宙

Meaning: space, midair
On reading: チュウ chuu
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 宀 roof
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: không trung, vũ trụ (trụ)
Japanese: そら。うちゅう。
Korean: 공중, 우주 (주)
Chinese: 空中、宇宙

Readings, words and example sentences

チュウ chuu · on reading

宇う宙ちゅう
space, outer space
宇う宙ちゅう飛行士になりたいです。
I want to be an astronaut.

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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.