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Kanji Detail for 髄 - "marrow, pith, core"

髄

  • Meaning

    髄 means "marrow, pith, core."

    1. Marrow - Soft tissue in the center of bones.

    2. Core - The center of things; essence; key point.

  • Words using 髄

    • 骨髄 こつずい Listen bone marrow; medulla; heart's core
    • 真髄 しんずい Listen essence; quintessence; spirit

  • Tattoo check: 髄

    • Verified meaning: marrow, pith, core
    • 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

    marrow; pith; essence

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bone marrow; essences, substances

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 髓[sui3]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    zui(ズイ) ズイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    19 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    骨 (hone・honehen)

  • Related Keywords

    marrow core pith essence center heart innermost kernel fundamental vital spirit soul

Sentences including 髄

  • I was chilled to the bone.

  • Brevity is the soul of wit.

  • He is Japanese to the bone.

  • He is rotten to the core.

  • This, in essence, is the secret of science.

  • Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.

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