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埒 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
レツ・ラツ・ラチれつ・らつ・らち · retsu · ratsu · rachi
Kun
らち.があく・かこ.いrachi.gāku · kako.i
Meaning
enclosure; bounds

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth 土 with 寽 as phonetic: the fence around a riding ground; hence the bounds of a matter.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 埒が明かないらちがあかない

    to make no progress

  • 不埒ふらち

    outrageous; inexcusable

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

話(はな)し合(あ)っても埒(らち)が明(あ)かなかった。

Talking it over got us nowhere.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

不埒埒が明かない埒不not明bright圦sluice…址ruins坎a pit坏an ear…圻the ca…冽cold…洌clear…剌to go…喇trump…溂lively
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading レツAll maps

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