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剿 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
ソウ・ショウそう・しょう · sō · shō
Kun
—
Meaning
to wipe out

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Blade 刂 with 巢 as phonetic: to strike an enemy down and destroy them.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 剿滅そうめつ

    annihilation

  • 剿討そうとう

    subjugation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山中(さんちゅう)の賊徒(ぞくと)の剿滅(そうめつ)にあたった。

They were charged with wiping out the bandits in the mountains.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

剿滅剿討剿滅perish討to att…刋to cut刔to gou…刎to beh…刪to del…刮to scr…屮a spro…卅thirty匆in has…艸grass皁black
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading ソウAll maps

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