隅

corner, nook

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

グウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

すみ

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1601

Vocabulary

グウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
四隅	シグウ	four corners; four ordinal directions
一隅	イチグウ	corner; nook
南隅	ナングウ	southern corner
僻隅	ヘキグウ	corner; nook
閉塞隅角緑内障	ヘイソクグウカクリョクナイショウ	angle-closure glaucoma

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
隅	すみ	corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
隅	すま	corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
片隅	かたすみ	corner; nook
隅々	すみずみ	every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
四隅	よすみ	four corners; four ordinal directions

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gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit

ridicule, laziness

gate, counter for cannons