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匐 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「勹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「勹」
On
ホク・フクほく・ふく · hoku · fuku
Kun
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Meaning
to crawl

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A wrapping 勹 with 畐 as phonetic: to move forward on one's belly.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 匍匐ほふく

    crawling

  • 匐うはう

    to crawl

More words with this kanji

  • 匍匐前進ほふくぜんしん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

赤子(あかご)が畳(たたみ)の上(うえ)を匐って進(すす)む。

The baby crawls forward on the tatami.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

匍匐匐匍to cra…匆in has…匈the Xi…匏gourd勺ladle匂scent茯used…袱a wrap…愎obstin…蔔used…蝠used…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 勹Map of reading ホクAll maps

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

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