漢字道KANJIDO

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Kun
つつ.み
Meaning
embankment; slope

Origin

ORIGIN

Earth 土 with 皮 as phonetic: a bank of heaped earth, and a gentle slope.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • つつみ

    embankment; dike

  • 堤防ていぼう

    embankment; levee

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

川沿いの坡を歩いて家に帰った。

I walked home along the embankment by the river.

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