注 — how to write the kanji for “pour”
注 means “pour”, “irrigate” and “shed (tears)”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in third grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 497th most used kanji. Its Japanese stroke 6, a vertical, is the 7th stroke in the Chinese order. KANJIDIC2 files it under the radical 水 (“water”). On its own it is the word chuu, “annotation; explanatory note”. Read chuu, it forms 注目 (“notice”), 受注 (“accepting an order”) and 注意 (“attention”); the native reading soso-gu gives 注ぐ (“to pour (into)”) and 注ぎ込む (“to pour in (liquids)”). Chinese reads it zhù, “an annotation”, at HSK 3.
- Strokes
- 8
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 水 (“water”)
- On
- チュウ
- Kun
- そそ·ぐ, さ·す, つ·ぐ
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Its parts sit side by side: 氵 (“water”), strokes 1–3; 主 (“lord”), strokes 4–8, each finished before the next.
- Dot ㇔top leftdown and right
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Rising stroke ㇀bottom leftup and right
- Dot ㇔topdown and right
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Vertical ㇑centerdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
Two stroke orders
Japan and China order its strokes differently: 2 strokes sit in another place. Japanese 6 = Chinese 7; Japanese 7 = Chinese 6.
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- チュウ chuu
- Kun (native)
- そそ·ぐ soso-gu, さ·す sa-su, つ·ぐ tsu-gu (rare)
- Meanings
- pour; irrigate; shed (tears); flow into; concentrate on; notes
- Read chuu
- 注目 受注 注意 注文 発注 注射
- Read soso-gu
- 注ぐ 注ぎ込む
- School year
- third grade
- Newspaper rank
- 497th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 주 ju
- Common words
- 19 in JMdict
Words with 注
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注目 | ちゅうもく chuumoku | notice; attention |
| 受注 | じゅちゅう juchuu | accepting an order; receiving an order |
| 注意 | ちゅうい chuui | attention; notice |
| 注文 | ちゅうもん chuumon | order (for an item); request |
| 発注 | はっちゅう hatchuu | ordering (materials); placing an order |
| 注射 | ちゅうしゃ chuusha | injection; jab |
| 注ぐ | そそぐ sosogu | to pour (into); to sprinkle on |
| 注ぎ込む | そそぎこむ sosogikomu | to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money) |
| 注意報 | ちゅういほう chuuihou | advisory |
| 傾注 | けいちゅう keichuu | devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on |
Most common first (JMdict).
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