This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: ジョウ
Romaji:
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

superfluous, uselessness

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  14
Frequency:  1782
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-2-2
Korean Reading:  yong
Chinese Reading:  rong3
Unicode:  5197
JIS:  3E69

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1976
Nelson Index: 625
New Nelson Index: 399
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2i2.1
Four Corner Index: 3721.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1416
Gakken Index: 1746
Daikanwanjiten Index: 1566
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0122
Remembering the kanji Index: 300
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1080
Kodansha Compact Index: 163
Kanji in Context Index: 468
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1250
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1716
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 306
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 321
Essential Kanji Index: 1122
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2470
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3657
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1021

Words

(じょう)
uselessness
冗長 (じょうちょう)
tedious; verbose; prolix; redundancy
冗長系 (じょうちょうけい)
redundant system (string, line)
冗談抜き (じょうだんぬき)
seriously; joking aside
冗長性 (じょうちょうせい)
redundancy
冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)
jest; joke; funny story
フル冗長 (フルじょうちょう)
fully redundant
冗談事 (じょうだんごと)
joking matter
冗談半分 (じょうだんはんぶん)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
冗談気味 (じょうだんぎみ)
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
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