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Readings

Kana: バイ、マイ、すす
Romaji: bai, mai, susu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

soot, smoke dried

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  86
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-4-9
Korean Reading:  mae
Chinese Reading:  mei2
Unicode:  7164
JIS:  4761

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2781
New Nelson Index: 3452
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4d9.6
Four Corner Index: 9489.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 19220
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0482
Remembering the kanji Index: 2541
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 935
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2600
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1292

Words

(すす)
soot
すす払い (すすはらい)
cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)
煤ける (すすける)
to be sooty; to be stained
煤色信天翁 (すすいろあほうどり、ススイロアホウドリ)
sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
煤塵 (ばいじん)
dust and soot; particulate matter
煤煙 (ばいえん)
dirty smoke; soot and smoke
松煤 (しょうばい)
soot of burnt pine
煤色 (すすいろ)
color of soot (colour)
煤色面梟 (すすいろめんふくろう、ススイロメンフクロウ)
sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa); greater sooty owl
煤掃き (すすはき)
sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year)
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