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硫 — Sulphur

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary school#1867 most used
sulphur
On’yomiリュウ (ryuu)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (12 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 硫

WordReadingMeaning
硫黄いおう
iou
sulfur (S); sulphur
脱硫だつりゅう
datsuryuu
desulfurization; desulphurisation; desulphurization
硫酸りゅうさん
ryuusan
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
硫化りゅうか
ryuuka
sulfuration; sulphuration
硫安りゅうあん
ryuuan
ammonium sulfate
亜硫酸ガスありゅうさんガス
aryuusangasu
sulphurous acid gas; sulfurous acid gas; sulphur dioxide gas

Study notes

硫 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1867 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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