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孟 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「子」

道
準1University / general ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「子」
On
モウ・ボウ・ミョウもう・ぼう・みょう · mō · bō · myō
Kun
かしらkashira
Meaning
eldest; beginning

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

子 "child" with 皿 "vessel": the first-born child; also the first month of a season.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 孟子もうし

    Mencius

  • 孟春もうしゅん

    the first month of spring

More words with this kanji

  • 孟軻もうか

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

孟子(もうし)の教(おし)えを読(よ)み返(かえ)した。

I read the teachings of Mencius again.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

孟子孟春孟子child春spring孜work…妾concub…孔hole孕to con…妄delusi…卯the Ra…戊fifth…牟low牡male茅thatch…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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