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Kanji Reference:Yo

Table of contents
1 The Kanji
2 Stroke Order
3 On Readings
4 Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)
5 Meaning(s)
6 See also

The Kanji

Unicode character number - hex 66DC/decimal 26332

Stroke Order

  1. The character is drawn.
  2. The left-most of the two characters that look like mirrored E's is done as follows:
    1. The top-most horizontal line and the vertical line is done in one stroke, from top-left to bottom-right.
    2. The middle horizontal stroke is done, from left to right.
    3. The bottom-most horizontal stroke is done, from left to right.
  3. The other 'mirror-E' on the right is done, in the same way.
  4. The diagonal stroke under the left-most 'mirror-E' is done, from top-right to bottom-left.
  5. The vertical stroke underneath the diagonal stroke is done, from top to bottom.
  6. Though it may not look like it is, the remaining vertical stroke is split into two parts. The part between the right-most 'mirror-E' and the horizontal line below it is done, from top to bottom.
  7. The horizontal line below the right-most 'mirror-E' is done, from left to right.
  8. The remaining vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
  9. The three remaining vertical strokes are done, from top-most to bottom-most, each from left to right.

On Readings

yo

Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)

There are no kun readings.

Meaning(s)

Japanese English
yo day of the week e.g. 曜 = Nichiyo = Sunday

See also