漢字城 Kanji Fortress

相 mutual

Also: minister

On'yomi
ソウ、ショウ
Kun'yomi
あい
Strokes
9
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
相 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

An eye staring at a tree, and the tree staring back — the two face each other in mutual regard, the way a minister faces his lord.

A common word

  • 相談 そうだん consultation

Example sentences

  • ともだちにそうだんしたいことがあります。

    There's something I want to talk over with a friend.

  • かれはわたしのあいてをしてくれた。

    He kept me company.

Don't confuse it with

  • 柚 citron N1

Kanji that share a part

木 is its radical. 134 kanji share it in all.

目 is a component. 27 kanji share it in all.