漢字道KANJIDO

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レツ・ラツ・ラチ
Kun
らち.があく・かこ.い
Meaning
enclosure; bounds

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

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

話し合っても埒が明かなかった。

Talking it over got us nowhere.

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