匐 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「勹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「勹」
- On
- ホク・フク
- Kun
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- Meaning
- to crawl
Origin
A wrapping 勹 with 畐 as phonetic: to move forward on one's belly.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 匍匐ほふく
crawling
- 匐うはう
to crawl
Example
赤子が畳の上を匐って進む。
The baby crawls forward on the tatami.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)