鞣

鞣 · róu

tan; soften

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
róu
Cantonese
jau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

tan; soften

Dictionary definitions & readings

鞣 róu · suede; chamois; tannin; to tan

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74345.040:róu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0970.040:róu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
316.090:róu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
róu粵jau4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジュウ ニュ なめしがわ なめす Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
유:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
耳由 人又 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TJNHD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4759.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1389.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
207.07 437.23 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+97A3
Radical
革 · 177
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6319

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
鞣
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
nyuw · 耳由 · 流開三平尤日 · #1000
Middle Chinese
nyuwH · 人又 · 流開三去尤日 · #3056

PHONO-ML, source line 7903; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1468.303
kDaeJaweon
1904.040
kHanYu
74345.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1904.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74345.040
kIRGKangXi
1389.130
kKangXi
1389.130
kMorohashi
42909
kNelson
5103
kSBGY
207.07 437.23
kSMSZD2003Index
767.03
kCangjie
TJNHD
kFourCornerCode
4759.4
kHKGlyph
4477
kMojiJoho
MJ028003
kPhonetic
1509
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-7737
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2FD
kIRG_JSource
J0-7064
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-85B9
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A23
kIRG_TSource
T1-7768
kRSUnicode
177.9
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C2FD
kCCCII
216026
kCNS1986
1-7768
kCNS1992
1-7768
kEACC
216026
kGB0
8723
kGB1
8723
kJis0
8068
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7558
kTGH
2013:6319
kXerox
264:110
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7165+177.9.9
kCantonese
jau4
kDefinition
tan; soften
kFanqie
耳由 人又
kHangul
유:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74345.040:róu
kJapanese
ジュウ ニュ なめしがわ なめす
kJapaneseKun
NAMESHIGAWA
kJapaneseOn
JUU
kKorean
YU
kMandarin
róu
kSMSZD2003Readings
róu粵jau4
kTGHZ2013
316.090:róu
kXHC1983
0970.040:róu

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 鞣0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
革 beside 柔 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰革柔$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰革柔$(GHTJKP)

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