塚
塚 — Hillock
hillock, mound
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiつか (tsuka)
Kun’yomi-づか (zuka)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 塚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塚 | つか tsuka | mound; heap; hillock |
| 貝塚 | かいづか kaizuka | shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden |
| 一里塚 | いちりづか ichirizuka | milestone (1 ri apart) |
Study notes
塚 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #869 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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