袖 — kanji meaning “sleeve”
袖
sleeve, wing (building), extension, give cold shoulder
- Meanings
- sleeve, wing (building), extension, give cold shoulder
- On'yomi
- シュウ (shuu)
- Kun'yomi
- そで
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #1960 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 145
- Chinese reading
- xiù — Chinese character page
Words with 袖
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半袖 | はんそで hansode | short sleeves |
| 長袖 | ながそで nagasode | long sleeves |
| 領袖 | りょうしゅう ryoushuu | leader; chief; boss |
| 小袖 | こそで kosode | short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period) |
| 袖口 | そでぐち sodeguchi | cuff; armhole |
| 振り袖 | ふりそで furisode | long-sleeved kimono |
| 袖丈 | そでたけ sodetake | length of a sleeve (of Western clothing) |
| 留袖 | とめそで tomesode | formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono |
| 袖の下 | そでのした sodenoshita | bribe; money under the table |
| 袖付 | そでつけ sodetsuke | attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam |
| 袖山 | そでやま sodeyama | top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing) |
| 鎧袖一触 | がいしゅういっしょく gaishuuisshoku | (beating someone) hands down; with a single blow |
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