隅 means “corner, nook”

すみ · sumi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すみ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

グウ

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The story

A hillside (阝) with a monkey (禺) tucked into a fold of it: the out-of-the-way corner. 隅 is a corner seen from inside a room, where 角 is the one you bump into; 隅々まで means into every nook, and Tokyo's 隅田川 has a famous summer fireworks show.

Used in 隅 (sumi, corner), 片隅 (katasumi, corner/nook), and 隅々 (sumizumi, every nook and cranny)

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