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吞 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「口」

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On
ドン・トン・テンどん・とん・てん · don · ton · ten
Kun
のむnomu
Meaning
swallow; engulf

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth with an element for opening wide: to swallow whole, to take something in entire.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 併吞へいどん

    annexation; swallowing up

  • 吞気のんき

    easygoing; carefree

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大国(たいこく)が小国(しょうこく)を併吞(へいどん)した。

A great power annexed the small state.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

併吞吞気吞併combin…気spirit叶be gra…叩strike只only吊hang吃stamme…辿to fol…佃cultiv…沌primev…惇sincer…甜sweet
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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