The kanji 窓: meaning, readings and stroke order

窓

Meaning: window
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: まど mado
Strokes: 11
Radical: 穴 cave
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cửa sổ (song)
Japanese: まど。
Korean: 창문 (창)
Chinese: 窗户 (窗)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

車しゃ窓そう
train window, car window
車しゃ窓そうから海が見えます。
I can see the sea from the train window.

まど mado · kun reading

窓まど
window
暑いので 窓まどを開けます。
It is hot, so I open the window.

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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.