What is the Kanji for "Sleeve"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Sleeve", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Sleeve" is "袖".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Sode".

Its onyomi reading is "Shuu".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "衤" . And The kanji "由" means "Reason" and can be read as "Yuu", "Yu", and "Yoshi".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "袖" mean in japanese?

"袖" means "Sleeve".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

長袖: "Long sleeve". The Japanese noun '長袖 (ながそで)' refers to a piece of clothing with long sleeves that cover the arms. This term is often used to describe shirts, blouses, or dresses that have sleeves that extend down to the wrists. For example: She is wearing a long-sleeved shirt - (彼女は長袖のシャツを着ています). I prefer to wear long sleeves in the winter - (私は冬に長袖を着るのが好きです).

半袖: "Short-sleeved". The noun '半袖 (はんそで)' means 'short-sleeved'. It refers to a type of clothing, usually a shirt or top, where the sleeves only cover part of the arm and do not extend to the wrist. Short-sleeved clothes are commonly worn in warmer weather. For example: She is wearing a short-sleeved shirt - (彼女は半袖のシャツを着ている).

袖: "Sleeve". The Japanese noun '袖 (そで)' refers to the part of a garment that covers the arm. Sleeves can be long, short, loose, tight, etc. and are an important part of the overall design and function of a piece of clothing. For example: The sleeve of my shirt is too long - (シャツの袖が長すぎる). Please roll up the sleeves - (袖をまくってください).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "そ" is read as "so". And The hiragana "で" is read as "de".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.