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Kanji Detail for 宙 - "space, air, midair"

宙

  • Meaning

    宙 means "space, air, midair."

    1. Space - The universe; the cosmos.

    2. Air - The sky; the heavens.

    3. Memorize - To know by heart.

  • Words using 宙

    • 宇宙 うちゅう Listen universe; cosmos; space
    • 宇宙飛行士 うちゅうひこうし Listen astronaut
    • 宇宙開発事業団 うちゅうかいはつじぎょうだん Listen National Space Development Agency; NASDA
    • 宇宙開発 うちゅうかいはつ Listen space development; space exploration
    • 宇宙空間 うちゅうくうかん Listen (outer) space

  • Tattoo check: 宙

    • Verified meaning: space, air, midair
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すかい, そら, たかし, ちゅう)

    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.

  • Name readings of 宙

    Given names 宙(すかい)Listen 宙(そら)Listen 宙(たかし)Listen 宙(ちゅう)Listen 宙(はるか)Listen 宙(ひろ)Listen 宙(ひろこ)Listen 宙(ひろし)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mid-air; air; space; sky; memorization; interval of time

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    time as concept; infinite time

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    eternity; (geology) eon

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    space, time, space-time

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Past and present is called 宙. Such as 宇宙. 宇 refers to space; 宙 refers to time. The meaning of all-encompassing.

  • Onyomi

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    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    space air midair memorize sky time atmosphere celestial cosmos floating heavens orbit void weightlessness

Sentences including 宙

  • The space ship will get to the moon soon.

  • I wonder what it is like to travel through space.

  • Space travel was thought to be impossible.

  • The time has come when we can travel through space.

  • If it is seen from a spaceship , the earth looks blue.

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