Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

    to build a nest; to nest

    嫉妬心くらい強く人間の心情に巣食う情熱はない。
    There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
  2. to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to haunt

  3. to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted; to luck (in one's heart)

Also written 巣くう【すくう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den

Kun
す.くう
On
ソウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1588 of 2500
Radical
river
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3n8.1The Kanji Dictionary
3290.4, 9090.4Four corner code
964deroo
5de3Unicode hex code
1-33-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
141Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2705New Nelson (John Haig)
2295New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2861Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1477Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1987Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1927Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2077Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1233A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1431Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1491Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8696PMorohashi
1521A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1538Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1640Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1246Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
560henshall3
570Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1862Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
517Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1946Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chao2Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eat, food

Kun
く.うく.らうた.べるは.む
On
ショクジキ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
328 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

ぐい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-7SKIP code
8b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8073.2Four corner code
2865deroo
98dfUnicode hex code
1-31-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5154Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6674New Nelson (John Haig)
2075New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2578Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1472Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1159Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
283Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44014Morohashi
146A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
322Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253sakade
99Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
163henshall3
180Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
207crowley
131Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1900Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1484Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi2, si4Pinyin reading
sig, saKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level