修

音読おんよみ: シュウ

訓読くんよみ: おさめる・おさまる

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

Meaning

Discipline / Study / Repair / Master

Conjugation
Tap for 修める (master) Tap for 修まる (be cultivated)
  • 修理しゅうり — repair
  • 修正しゅうせい — correction / revision
  • 修行しゅぎょう — training / ascetic practice
  • 修了しゅうりょう — completion (of a course)
  • 修学しゅうがく — learning / study
  • 修士しゅうし — master’s degree

The radical 亻 (person) suggests human action. The right part derives from 攸 (phonetic), carrying the sound シュウ. Together, 修 represents a person engaged in learning, refining, or repairing — the idea of disciplined improvement or correction.

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