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存 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「子」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「子」
On
ソン・ゾンそん・ぞん · son · zon
Kun
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Meaning
to exist; remain; be aware

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

才 "a sprout" with 子 "child"; a child growing on and living — hence "to exist, to remain."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソンそんson存在そんざい存続そんぞく既存きそん
Onゾンぞんzon存分ぞんぶん保存ほぞん存じますぞんじます

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 存在そんざい

    existence

  • 保存ほぞん

    preservation; saving

More words with this kanji

  • 依存いぞん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

古(ふる)い橋(はし)が今(いま)も存在(そんざい)する。

The old bridge still exists today.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

保存存在存保to kee…在to exi…孝filial…子child孔hole孕to con…字charac…尊revere…忖to sur…村villag…邨a vill…洒to was…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 子Map of reading ソンAll maps

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