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嘯 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
ショウ・シツしょう・しつ · shō · shitsu
Kun
うそぶ.くusobu.ku
Meaning
to howl; to feign indifference

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 肅 as phonetic: to purse the lips and let out a long sound.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嘯くうそぶく

    to feign indifference; to boast

  • 虎嘯こしょう

    a tiger's roar

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼(かれ)は関係(かんけい)ないと嘯(うそぶ)いてみせた。

They made a show of saying it was nothing to do with them.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

虎嘯嘯虎tiger叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!妝to ado…劭to str…呏gallon炒to sti…牀a bed
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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