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墟 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
キョきょ · kyo
Kun
あとato
Meaning
ruins

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth 土 with 虛 "empty" as phonetic: ground left after the people have gone.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 廃墟はいきょ

    ruins

  • 殷墟いんきょ

    the Yin ruins

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

戦火(せんか)のあと、街(まち)は廃墟(はいきょ)と化(か)した。

After the fires of war the town became ruins.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

廃墟殷墟墟廃abolis…殷flouri…圦sluice…址ruins坎a pit坏an ear…圻the ca…炬a torc…秬black…倨arroga…筥a roun…鉅great
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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