The kanji 巣: meaning, readings and stroke order

巣

Meaning: nest
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: す su
Strokes: 11
Radical: 小 small, insignificant
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 巢

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái tổ (sào)
Japanese: とりやむしのす。
Korean: 둥지 (소)
Chinese: 巢、鸟窝 (巢)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

病びょう巣そう
the sick spot (where an illness is)
医者が 病びょう巣そうを調べます。
The doctor checks where the illness is.

す su · kun reading

巣す
nest
木の上に鳥の巣すがあります。
There is a bird's nest up in the tree.

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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.