| Kanji | 冗 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ジョウ |
| English | superfluous, uselessness |
| Examples | 冗談(じょうだん): jest; joke; funny story |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1782 |
| Components | 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) |
| Number of Strokes | 4 |
| Kanji Radical | 冖 |
| Radical Number | 14 |
| Radical Strokes | 2 |
| Radical Reading | わかんむり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | superfluous |
| Koohii Story 1 | The king´s crown was blown off by the wind. "Oh well," he said, "it´s just a superfluous symbol.". |
| Koohii Story 2 | The court jester wears a crown and is full of wind with bad jokes. He is superfluous to the King´s court. This kanji is read as "JOU" and commonly used to create the compound for jou-dan 冗談 (jest or joke) hence court jester. Also jou-go 冗語 (redundancy) and jou-in 冗員 (useless workers) 員-employee (#56). |
| RTK Index (new) | 321 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000
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