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: グウ、すみ
Romaji: guu, sumi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

corner, nook

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  170
Frequency:  1601
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-9
Korean Reading:  u
Chinese Reading:  yu2
Unicode:  9685
JIS:  3679

Indexes

Halpern Index: 623
Nelson Index: 5009
New Nelson Index: 6467
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2d9.1
Four Corner Index: 7622.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1187
Gakken Index: 1686
Japanese Names Index: 1566
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41743X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0941
Remembering the kanji Index: 1958
Kanji Flashcards Index: 990
Kodansha Compact Index: 744
Kanji in Context Index: 1239
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 450
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 568
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1977
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2108
Kodansha Kanji Index: 760
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3653
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1599

Words

(すみ、すま)
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
四隅 (よすみ、しぐう)
four corners; four ordinal directions
僻隅 (へきぐう)
corner; nook
一隅 (いちぐう、ひとすみ)
corner; nook
右下隅 (みぎしたすみ)
bottom right corner
片隅 (かたすみ)
corner; nook
隅田川花火大会 (すみだがわはなびたいかい)
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
南隅 (なんぐう)
southern corner
隅木 (すみき)
angle (corner) block; angle rafter
隅から隅まで (すみからすみまで)
every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
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