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塒 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
シ・ジし・じ · shi · ji
Kun
ねぐら・とや・とぐろnegura · toya · toguro
Meaning
roost

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth 土 with 時 as phonetic: the place where birds settle for the night.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 塒ねぐら

    roost; nest

  • 寝床ねどこ

    bed; sleeping place

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

日(ひ)が落(お)ちて鳥(とり)が塒(とぐろ)へ帰(かえ)っていく。

As the sun sets the birds return to their roosts.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

寝床寝床塒寝lie do…床floor圦sluice…址ruins坎a pit坏an ear…圻the ca…尸corpse卮goblet弍two朿a thor…豕a pig
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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