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呷 — 8 strokes / Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 8 strokes / Radical「口」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
あお.る・す.うao.ru · su.u
Meaning
to gulp down

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 甲 as phonetic: to drink off at a draught.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 呷るあおる

    to gulp down

  • 痛飲つういん

    heavy drinking

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

冷(ひ)えた水(みず)を一息(ひといき)に呷(あお)った。

I gulped the cold water down in one breath.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

痛飲痛飲呷痛pain飲drink叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!亢high芒an awn伉to mat…扛to lif…扣to kno…
CompoundRadicalReading

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