ChiramiN4 kanji · 8 strokes
注 means pour, attention
注
氵 water · 主 master
注Memory trick
Water poured by the master (主): to pour, to focus on.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) そそぐ sosogu
そそぐ (sosogu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: さす sasu, つぐ tsugu
From Chinese (onyomi) チュウ chuu
チュウ (chuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
注ぐ そそぐ · sosogu
to pour
Built from
- 氵 water
- 丶 dot
- 王 king, jewel
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Quick check
What does 注 mean?
Right: 注 means pour, attention.Not quite: 注 means pour, attention.In 注ぐ, which reading does 注 use?
Right. 注ぐ is read そそぐ (sosogu): 注 takes そそ, its Japanese reading, with ぐ after it.Not quite. 注ぐ is read そそぐ (sosogu): 注 takes そそ, its Japanese reading, with ぐ after it.