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匏 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「勹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「勹」
On
ホ・ホウほ・ほう · ho · hō
Kun
ひさごhisago
Meaning
gourd

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A wrapping 勹 with melon 瓜: the gourd, a relative of the melon.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 匏ひさご

    gourd

  • 瓢箪ひょうたん

    gourd (standard writing)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

軒下(のきした)に匏を吊(つ)るして乾(かわ)かした。

We hung the gourd under the eaves to dry.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

瓢箪匏瓢gourd匆in has…匈the Xi…匍to cra…匐to cra…勺ladle匚box ra…彷to wan…泛to flo…抔and so…咐to ins…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 勹Map of reading ホAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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