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偕 — 11 strokes / Radical「亻」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 11 strokes / Radical「亻」
On
カイかい · kai
Kun
ともにtomoni
Meaning
together

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Person 亻 with 皆 "all" as phonetic: to do a thing together with others.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 偕老同穴かいろうどうけつ

    growing old together as a couple

  • 偕行かいこう

    going together

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

偕老(かいろう)同穴(どうけつ)を誓(ちか)い合(あ)った夫婦(ふうふ)だという。

They are said to be a couple who vowed to grow old together.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

偕老同穴偕老同穴偕老同穴偕行偕同same穴hole老old行to go仂remain…仆to fal…仍theref…仗arms仟thousa…乂to mow夬to dec…丐to beg艾mugwor…价messen…
CompoundRadicalReading

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