The kanji 袖: meaning, readings and stroke order

袖

Meaning: sleeve
On reading: シュウ shuu
Kun reading: そで sode
Strokes: 10
Radical: 衣 clothes
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tay áo (tụ)
Japanese: そで。ふくのうでをとおすところ。
Korean: 소매 (수)
Chinese: 袖子

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading · less common

領りょう袖しゅう
leader (of a group)
党の 領りょう袖しゅうが集まります。
The leaders of the party gather.

そで sode · kun reading

袖そで
sleeve
服の 袖そでをまくります。
I roll up my sleeves.

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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.