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咥 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
テツ・キてつ・き · tetsu · ki
Kun
か.む・くわ.えるka.mu · kuwa.eru
Meaning
to hold in the mouth

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 至 as phonetic: to hold a thing between the lips.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 咥えるくわえる

    to hold in the mouth

  • 咥え煙草くわえたばこ

    a cigarette held in the mouth

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

犬(いぬ)が新聞(しんぶん)を咥(くわ)えて戻(もど)ってきた。

The dog came back with the newspaper in its mouth.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

咥え煙草咥え煙草咥煙smoke草grass叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!几small…屮a spro…卉plants杞wolfbe…佚to esc…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 口Map of reading テツAll maps

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