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啣 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
くわ.える・くつわkuwa.eru · kutsuwa
Meaning
to hold in the mouth

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 金 and 行: to hold in the mouth, and the horse's bit; used like 銜.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 啣えるくわえる

    to hold in the mouth

  • 轡くつわ

    horse's bit

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鳥(とり)が枝(えだ)を啣えて巣(す)へ戻(もど)った。

The bird returned to the nest with a twig in its beak.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

轡啣轡horse'…叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!丱child'…刋to cut扞to war…奸wicked坎a pit
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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