塒 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「土」
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- On
- シ・ジ
- Kun
- ねぐら・とや・とぐろ
- Meaning
- roost
Origin
Earth 土 with 時 as phonetic: the place where birds settle for the night.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 塒ねぐら
roost; nest
- 寝床ねどこ
bed; sleeping place
Example
日が落ちて鳥が塒へ帰っていく。
As the sun sets the birds return to their roosts.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)