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冤 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「冖」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「冖」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
—
Meaning
false accusation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A cover 冖 over a rabbit 兔: trapped and unable to flee — hence a false charge.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 冤罪えんざい

    false charge; wrongful conviction

  • 雪冤せつえん

    clearing one's name

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

長(なが)い裁判(さいばん)の末(すえ)に冤罪(えんざい)が晴(は)れた。

After a long trial the false charge was cleared.

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Compound

Map of radical 冖Map of reading エンAll maps

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