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噤 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
キンきん · kin
Kun
つぐ.むtsugu.mu
Meaning
to shut one's mouth

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth 口 with 禁 "to forbid" as phonetic: to close the mouth and say nothing.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 噤むつぐむ

    to shut (one's mouth)

  • 口を噤むくちをつぐむ

    to hold one's tongue

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼(かれ)はそれきり口(くち)を噤(つぐ)んでしまった。

After that they held their tongue.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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