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埃 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
アイあい · ai
Kun
ほこり・ちりhokori · chiri
Meaning
dust

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth 土 with 矣 as phonetic: fine particles of earth — dust.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 埃ほこり

    dust

  • 塵埃じんあい

    dust and dirt

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

棚(たな)の埃(ほこり)をきれいに払(はら)った。

I dusted the shelf clean.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

塵埃埃塵dust圦sluice…址ruins坎a pit坏an ear…圻the ca…阨narrow哇a chil…欸an exc…矮short隘narrow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading アイAll maps

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