One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 冗 - "superfluous, uselessness"

冗

  • Meaning

    冗 means "superfluous, uselessness."

    1. Excess - Waste; surplus; unnecessary.

    2. Disorder - Troublesome; disorganized and drawn out.

  • Words using 冗

    • 冗談 じょうだん Listen joke; jest; funny story

  • Four-character idioms with 冗

    • 冗談半分 じょうだんはんぶん Listen half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein

  • Tattoo check: 冗

    • Verified meaning: superfluous, uselessness
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    superfluous; uselessness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    excessive; superfluous

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    extraneous; redundant; superfluous; busy schedule

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    excessive; superfluous

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    冖 (wakammuri・hirakammuri・bekikammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    excess disorder unstructured useless redundant superfluous unnecessary extra surplus waste needless overabundant spare disorganized

Sentences including 冗

  • Don't pull my leg !

  • He could not see the joke.

  • Her joke fell flat.

  • It was just a joke.

  • My uncle told me the story by way of a joke.

  • It's no joke.

  • He regarded the story as a joke.

  • My joke went over very well.

  • He tells a good joke.

  • I said so purely in jest.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 冖 (wakammuri・hirakammuri・bekikammuri)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link