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劾 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「力」

道
準2High school level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「力」
On
ガイがい · gai
Kun
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Meaning
impeach; censure

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Strength plus a phonetic element: to press hard in calling wrongdoing to account.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガイがいgai弾劾だんがい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 弾劾だんがい

    impeachment

  • 弾劾裁判だんがいさいばん

    impeachment trial

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

議会(ぎかい)は裁判(さいばん)官(かん)の弾劾(だんがい)を決(き)めた。

The assembly decided to impeach the judge.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 力Map of reading ガイAll maps

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