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Readings

Kana: ソウ、ショウ、たこ
Romaji: sou, shō, tako
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

octopus

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-7
Korean Reading:  so
Chinese Reading:  xiao1
Unicode:  86f8
JIS:  427D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4149
New Nelson Index: 5330
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d7.5
Four Corner Index: 5912.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33072X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0032
Remembering the kanji Index: 2690
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2729

Words

(たこ、タコ)
octopus
たこ焼き (たこやき、タコやき、タコヤキ)
octopus dumplings
蛸壷 (たこつぼ)
octopus pot; foxhole
酢蛸 (すだこ)
(sliced and) pickled octopus
蛸坊主 (たこぼうず)
man with a bald or shaven head
蛸配当 (たこはいとう)
bogus dividend
蛸足 (たこあし、タコあし)
many-legged; octopus-like
蛸入道 (たこにゅうどう)
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
茹でタコ (ゆでタコ、ゆでダコ、ゆでだこ、ゆでたこ)
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
貝蛸 (かいだこ、カイダコ)
greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)
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