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Kanji Detail for 株 - "stock, stump, specialty"

株

  • Meaning

    株 means "stock, stump, specialty."

    1. Stock - Shares in a company; equity.

    2. Stump - The base of a tree; a stub.

    3. Specialty - One's forte; an area of expertise.

  • Words using 株

    • 株式 かぶしき Listen share (in a company); stock
    • 株価 かぶか Listen stock prices
    • 株主 かぶぬし Listen shareholder; stockholder
    • 株式会社 かぶしきがいしゃ Listen stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha
    • 株券 かぶけん Listen stock certificate
    • 持ち株 もちかぶ Listen stock holdings; one's shares
    • 新株 しんかぶ Listen new stock; new share; newly issued shares
    • 株式市場 かぶしきしじょう Listen stock market

  • Tattoo check: 株

    • Verified meaning: stock, stump, specialty
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かぶ, みき)

    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 株

    Surnames 株(かぶ)Listen 株(みき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stocks; stump; shares; stock; counter for small plants

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    numerary adjunct for trees; root

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    root, stump; measure word for trees

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

    The part of a tree in the soil is the root. Above the soil is the 株 (stump). A Song farmer saw a rabbit die from hitting a stump, so he stopped farming and waited by the stump hoping for another rabbit. From "Han Feizi." Hence stubbornly clinging to old ideas is called 守株待兔 (guarding a stump waiting for rabbits). | Trees are counted as 株. One tree is called 一株. | When guilt extends to others, it is called 株連 (implication). One person's crime implicates associates, like felling a tree affects connected roots. What ancients called 瓜蔓抄 (melon vine search).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shu(シュ) シュ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kabu(かぶ) かぶ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    stock stump specialty status share equity base capital company dividend exchange expertise foundation investment market ownership root

Sentences including 株

  • Bill has stock in that company.

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