淑 — kanji meaning “graceful”
淑
graceful, gentle, pure
- Meanings
- graceful, gentle, pure
- On'yomi
- シュク (shuku)
- Kun'yomi
- しと.やか
- Name readings
- すく、とし、よし
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1922 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- shú, shū — Chinese character page
Words with 淑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淑女 | しゅくじょ shukujo | lady |
| 淑徳 | しゅくとく shukutoku | womanly virtues |
| 淑やか | しとやか shitoyaka | graceful; ladylike; modest |
| 貞淑 | ていしゅく teishuku | chastity; virtue; fidelity |
| 淑徳大学 | しゅくとくだいがく shukutokudaigaku | Shukutoku University |
| 私淑 | ししゅく shishuku | looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing |
| 淑女風 | しゅくじょふう shukujofuu | ladylike; in the manner of a lady |
| 淑景舎 | しげいしゃ shigeisha | court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace) |
| お淑やか | おしとやか oshitoyaka | graceful; ladylike; modest |
| 紳士淑女 | しんししゅくじょ shinshishukujo | ladies and gentlemen |
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