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哥 — 10 strokes / Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 10 strokes / Radical「口」
On
カ・コか・こ · ka · ko
Kun
あに・うたani · uta
Meaning
song; elder brother

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Two 可 stacked: to sing with drawn-out voice; the origin of 歌, also "elder brother".

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 哥うた

    song (old form)

  • 兄あに

    elder brother

More words with this kanji

  • 鸚哥いんこ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

哥(うた)は歌(うた)のもとになった字(じ)である。

This character is the origin of the character for song.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

兄哥兄older…叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!夭to die…戈halber…冱to fre…夸to boa…杞wolfbe…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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