図 — how to write the kanji for “map”
図 means “map”, “drawing” and “plan”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in second grade in Japan. Its frame 囗 is opened first and closed only with the last stroke, number 7. On its own it is the word zu, “drawing; picture”. Read zu, it forms 地図 (“map”), 構図 (“composition”) and 図式 (“diagram”); the native reading haka-ru gives 図る (“to plan”).
- Strokes
- 7
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 囗 (“enclosure”)
- On
- ズ, ト
- Kun
- はか·る, え
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Its parts sit one inside another: 囗 (“enclosure”, its radical), strokes 1–2 and 7; ⺍ (“small”), strokes 3–4; 乂 (“mow”), strokes 5–6, with their strokes interleaved.
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕top leftrightwards → downwards
- Dot ㇔top leftdown and right
- Dot ㇔topdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdown and left
- Dot ㇔centerdown and right
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
The trap in 図
Strokes 1–2 draw 囗, strokes 3–6 fill it, and stroke 7 closes it.
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ズ zu, ト to
- Kun (native)
- はか·る haka-ru, え e (rare)
- Meanings
- map; drawing; plan; extraordinary; audacious
- Read zu
- 地図 構図 図式 合図 図鑑
- Read to
- 意図 図書館 図書 意図的
- Read haka-ru
- 図る
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 539th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 도 do
- Common words
- 24 in JMdict
Words with 図
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地図 | ちず chizu | map; atlas |
| 意図 | いと ito | intention; aim |
| 構図 | こうず kouzu | composition; structural outline |
| 図書館 | としょかん toshokan | library |
| 図書 | としょ tosho | books |
| 図る | はかる hakaru | to plan; to attempt |
| 図式 | ずしき zushiki | diagram; graph |
| 意図的 | いとてき itoteki | intentional; on purpose |
| 合図 | あいず aizu | sign; signal |
| 図鑑 | ずかん zukan | pictorial book; picture book |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N4, in list order: