楚 — kanji meaning “whip”
楚
whip, cane
- Meanings
- whip, cane
- On'yomi
- ソ (so)、ショ (sho)
- Kun'yomi
- いばら、しもと、すわえ
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- chǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 楚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清楚 | せいそ seiso | neat and clean; tidy; trim |
| 四面楚歌 | しめんそか shimensoka | being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody |
| 楚々 | そそ soso | graceful; neat |
| 金楚糕 | ちんすこう chinsukou | chinsuko; traditional Okinawan biscuit made with wheat flour, lard and sugar |
| 楚漢戦争 | そかんせんそう sokansensou | Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BCE); Chu-Han War |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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