Meaning & readings
mention, state, speak, relate
Origin
This character combines a meaning component and a sound hint. The left side is a radical related to movement or action, which gives the general sense of "doing" or "performing." The right component, which looks like 朮, provides a sound hint for how the character is pronounced (roughly like "jutsu"). Together, these parts were combined to create a character meaning to speak, state, or relate something — the idea of performing the action of putting words into speech.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Components
- 朮
- ⻌
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
- 記述 きじゅつ description; account
- 供述 きょうじゅつ affidavit; deposition
- 口述 こうじゅつ dictation; verbal statement
- 述懐 じゅっかい speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.)
- 叙述 じょじゅつ description; account
- 詳述 しょうじゅつ detailed explanation
- 陳述 ちんじゅつ statement; declaration
- 述べる のべる to state; to express
Reference
- Strokes
- 8
- Kangxi radical
- 162
- Grade
- Grade 5 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #379 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+08FF0