冗

Kanji
冗
Level
N1
Meaning
superfluous, useless
On'yomi
ジョウ
Strokes
4
Common compounds

冗談 (じょうだん) joke 冗長 (じょうちょう) wordy, long-winded

Memory hook

A lid (冖) over a person (人) who is just wasting time and talking nonsense.

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