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

Readings

Kana: セン、シュン、す.う
Romaji: sen, shun, su.u
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

suck

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  30
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  yeon
Chinese Reading:  shun3
Unicode:  542e
JIS:  5264

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 726
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d4.11
Four Corner Index: 6201.3
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3356
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0869

Words

吮癰舐痔 (せんようしじ)
currying favour (favor); brown-nosing; bootlicking; sucking pus from carbuncles and licking hemorrhoids (haemorrhoids)