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Zach

塚

Readings

Kana: チョウ、つか、-づか
Romaji: chō, tsuka, -zuka
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: ずか、つ
Romaji: zuka, tsu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

hillock, mound

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  32
Frequency:  869
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-9
Korean Reading:  chong
Chinese Reading:  zhong3
Unicode:  585a
JIS:  444D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 556
Nelson Index: 1104
New Nelson Index: 1048
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b9.10
Four Corner Index: 4713.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1607
Gakken Index: 782
Japanese Names Index: 1844
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5345
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0231
Remembering the kanji Index: 1039
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1163
Kodansha Compact Index: 381
Kanji in Context Index: 1889
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 406
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 509
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1048
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1117
Kodansha Kanji Index: 675
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1451
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1515

Words

塚 (つか)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus; barrow
一里塚 (いちりづか)
milestone (1 ri apart)
供養塚 (くようづか)
unknown person's grave
塚を築く (つかをきずく)
to pile up a mound
比翼塚 (ひよくづか)
double grave of lovers who died together
貝塚 (かいづか、かいずか)
shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
経塚 (きょうづか)
sutra mound
蟻塚 (ありづか、アリづか)
anthill
塚穴 (つかあな)
grave
筆塚 (ふでづか)
mound covering reverently buried old brushes
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