嚆 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- コウ
- Kun
- さけ.ぶ
- Meaning
- whistling arrow; the first
Origin
Mouth 口 with 蒿 as phonetic: the arrow that whistles as it flies — hence the beginning of a thing.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 嚆矢こうし
the very beginning; the first instance
- 端緒たんしょ
the start; a clue
Example
この論文が研究の嚆矢とされる。
This paper is regarded as the beginning of the field.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)