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嫋 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
ジョウ・ジャク・デキじょう・じゃく・でき · jō · jaku · deki
Kun
なよ.やかな・しなや.か・たお.やかnayo.yakana · shinaya.ka · tao.yaka
Meaning
supple; lingering

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Woman 女 with 弱 "weak" as phonetic: supple and delicate.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嫋やかたおやか

    graceful; supple

  • 嫋嫋じょうじょう

    lingering (of a sound)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鐘(かね)の音(おと)が嫋嫋(じょうじょう)と尾(お)を引(ひ)いた。

The sound of the bell lingered on and on.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

嫋夭to die…奸wicked妝to ado…夾to hol…妣deceas…仍theref…仗arms佻frivol…姮Chang'…拯to res…
RadicalReading
Map of radical 女Map of reading ジョウAll maps

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