叔 means “uncle, aunt (younger)”

しゅく · shuku

Also: youth

On'yomi (Chinese reading): シュク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

A hand (又) beside a small 上 over 小: picture the younger brother, the smaller one below the eldest, reaching out. 叔 reads しゅく, but 叔父 and 叔母 are read as whole words, おじ and おば: a parent's younger brother and sister. The elder ones, 伯父 and 伯母, sound the same.

Used in 叔父 (oji, uncle, a parent's younger brother) and 叔母 (oba, aunt, a parent's younger sister)

叔 means “uncle, aunt (younger)”

The story

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