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夭 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
ヨウ・オウ・カよう・おう・か · yō · ō · ka
Kun
わか.い・わかじに・わざわいwaka.i · wakajini · wazawai
Meaning
to die young

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a person bending: youth, and dying while still young.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 夭折ようせつ

    dying young

  • 夭逝ようせい

    early death

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

その画家(がか)は二十(にじゅう)代(だい)で夭折(ようせつ)した。

The painter died young, in their twenties.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

夭折夭逝夭折to fol…逝pass…奸wicked夾to hol…妣deceas…妝to ado…姆nurse幺tiny戈halber…孕to con…夸to boa…汪deep…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 女Map of reading ヨウAll maps

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