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匍 — 9 strokes / Radical「勹」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 9 strokes / Radical「勹」
On
ホほ · ho
Kun
は.うha.u
Meaning
to crawl

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A wrapping 勹 with 甫 as phonetic: to go forward on one's belly.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 匍匐ほふく

    crawling

  • 匍匐前進ほふくぜんしん

    crawling advance

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

兵士(へいし)が匍匐(ほふく)前進(ぜんしん)で草原(そうげん)を進(すす)んだ。

The soldiers crawled forward across the grassland.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

匍匐前進匍匐匍匐前進匍前front匐to cra…進advanc…匆in has…匈the Xi…匏gourd勺ladle匂scent咐to ins…逋to fle…菠used…脯dried…堡fort
CompoundRadicalReading

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