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塹 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
ザン・センざん・せん · zan · sen
Kun
ほり・あなhori · ana
Meaning
trench; moat

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth 土 with 斬 "to cut" as phonetic: a ditch cut into the ground.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 塹壕ざんごう

    trench

  • 塹壕戦ざんごうせん

    trench warfare

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

第(だい)一(いち)次(じ)大戦(たいせん)は塹壕(ざんごう)戦(せん)が長(なが)く続(つづ)いた。

The First World War saw long years of trench warfare.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading ザンAll maps

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