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嗚 — 13 strokes / Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 13 strokes / Radical「口」
On
ウ・オう・お · u · o
Kun
ああā
Meaning
alas; to sob

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 烏 as phonetic: the sound of lamentation.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嗚咽おえつ

    sobbing

  • 嗚呼ああ

    alas; ah

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

堂内(どうない)に嗚咽(おえつ)の声(こえ)がもれた。

Sobs escaped inside the hall.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

嗚呼嗚咽嗚呼to cal…咽throat叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!于in侑to urg…盂a bowl紆to win…竽an anc…
CompoundRadicalReading

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