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Keyword
corner (of a room)
  • corner
  • nook
Frequency
#1601
Strokes
12
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
2108
Readings
すみ80%
グウ20%
Mnemonic
After raiding a small village, a long-tailed monkey is punished by sitting in the corner (of a room), facing the wall, tail twitching sulkily.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
隅すみ
corner; nook; recess
Noun
隅すみ々ずみ
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
Noun
片かた隅すみ
corner; nook
Noun
隅すみっこ
corner; nook; recess
Noun
一いち隅ぐう
corner; nook
Noun
千せん載ざい一いち隅ぐう
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
No-adjective
四よ隅すみ
four corners; four ordinal directions
Noun
大おお隅すみ
Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)
Noun
隅すみ柱ばしら
corner post; corner pillar
Noun
左ひだり隅すみ
left-hand corner; lower left
Noun