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Kanji Detail for 窓 - "window, opening"

窓

  • Meaning

    窓 means "window, opening." Also associated with ventilation.

    1. Window - An opening for light and air.

    2. Room - A chamber with windows.

    3. Ventilation - A passage for air circulation.

  • Words using 窓

    • 窓口 まどぐち Listen counter; window; teller window
    • 同窓会 どうそうかい Listen alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting
    • 同窓 どうそう Listen being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
    • 窓際 まどぎわ Listen at the window; by the window; next to the window

  • Four-character idioms with 窓

    • 明窓浄机 めいそうじょうき Listen dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning

  • Tattoo check: 窓

    • Verified meaning: window, opening
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read まど, まどい)
    • Also carries these associations: ventilation

    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 窓

    Given names 窓(まど)Listen 窓(まどい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    window; pane

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    window

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 窗[chuang1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

    su(ス) ス

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kemudashi(けむだし) けむだし

    mado(まど) まど

    tenmado(てんまど) てんまど

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    穴 (ana・anakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    window opening ventilation air casement clarity frame glass illumination light pane perspective view

Sentences including 窓

  • Do not look out of the window.

  • When he heard the voice , he looked out of the window.

  • Don't look out the window. concentrate on your work.

  • She looked out of the window.

  • Please open the window.

  • Looking out of the window , i saw a rainbow.

  • John broke the window yesterday.

  • All of us looked through the window.

  • Would you mind opening the window?

  • Bob entered the house through a window.

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