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娉 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
ヘイ・ホウへい・ほう · hei · hō
Kun
ほho
Meaning
graceful

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Woman 女 with 甹 as phonetic: graceful and lovely in bearing.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 娉婷へいてい

    graceful and lovely

  • 優美ゆうび

    elegance

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

娉婷たる立(た)ち姿(すがた)が絵(え)に残(のこ)っている。

That graceful figure survives in a painting.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

優美優美娉優gentle美beauti…夭to die…奸wicked妝to ado…夾to hol…妣deceas…匚box ra…幷to com…幵level抔and so…彷to wan…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 女Map of reading ヘイAll maps

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