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奚 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「大」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「大」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
なんぞnanzo
Meaning
why; how

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a hand seizing a person: originally a servant, borrowed for the particle "why".

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 奚なんぞ

    why; how

  • 何故なぜ

    why

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

奚ぞ我(われ)を責(せめ)むるや、と問(と)い返(かえ)した。

"Why do you blame me?" they asked in return.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

何故何故奚何what故reason夬to dec…夲origi…夸to boa…奎the Le…奐grand…冏bright挂to han…迥far ap…炯bright盻to gla…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 大Map of reading ケイAll maps

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