淑
ladylike; graceful; gentle; pure
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1922.
Readings
- シュク (on reading): 淑女 (しゅくじょ) lady; 私淑 (ししゅく) looking up to a person as one's own master or model
- しとやか (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 淑景舎 (しげいしゃ) court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
Components
- 氵
- 叔
- 卜 radical divination
- 又 radical again; right hand
- 小 radical small
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
Words using 淑
- 淑女 (しゅくじょ) lady
- 私淑 (ししゅく) looking up to a person as one's own master or model
- 淑徳大学 (しゅくとくだいがく) Shukutoku University
- 淑徳 (しゅくとく) womanly virtues
- 貞淑 (ていしゅく) chastity
- 淑景舎 (しげいしゃ) court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
10 words in all.