画かく数すう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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stroke count

Specifically refers to the number of strokes in a kanji character. Used in dictionaries, calligraphy, and kanji learning contexts.

この漢かん字じの画かく数すうは10です。
The stroke count of this kanji is 10.
画かく数すうが多おおい漢かん字じは覚おぼえにくい。
Kanji with a high stroke count are hard to remember.

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Usage patterns

画かく数すうが多おおいto have many strokes (of a kanji)
この漢かん字じは画かく数すうが多おおくて書かきにくい。
This kanji has a lot of strokes, so it's hard to write.
画かく数すうが少すくないto have few strokes (of a kanji)
「一いち」は画かく数すうが少すくない漢かん字じだ。
The kanji '一' has very few strokes.
画かく数すうを数かぞえるto count the strokes (of a kanji)
辞じ書しょで漢かん字じの画かく数すうを数かぞえて調しらべた。
I looked it up by counting the kanji's strokes in the dictionary.

Kanji

画brush-stroke, picture
数number, strength, fate
劃divide

Related words

字じ画かくN1
画数 is the everyday word for the number of strokes in a kanji, while 字画 is a more formal or technical term used in dictionaries and calligraphy contexts.

Don't confuse with

字じ数すう
画数 counts the strokes used to write a single kanji, while 字数 counts the number of characters in a word or text.
部ぶ首しゅN2
画数 is the number of strokes in a kanji, whereas 部首 is the radical category used to classify and look up the kanji, so learners easily mix up these two ways of describing a character in dictionaries.

Word family

総そう画かく数すう
total stroke count; stroke count of a kanji

Built from

画かく+数すう

Written forms

画かく数すうUsage100%
Standard modern spelling; the most common form.
劃かく数すう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 劃 is an older variant of 画.

Etymology

Compound of 画 (stroke, picture) and 数 (number, count). The reading is on'yomi for both characters.