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察 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「宀」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
On
サツさつ · satsu
Kun
—
Meaning
guess; perceive

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: 宀 (roof) for meaning and 祭 for sound; to examine carefully within, 'to perceive, observe.'

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサツさつsatsu察知さっち観察かんさつ考察こうさつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 警察けいさつ

    police

  • 観察かんさつ

    observation

More words with this kanji

  • 警察署けいさつしょ
  • 診察しんさつ
  • 洞察どうさつ
  • 偵察ていさつ
  • 推察すいさつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

けい察(さつ)は事(こと)けんを調(しら)べています。

The police are looking into the case.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

観察警察察観to vie…警to war…完comple…官govern…害harm富wealth孑alone札tag刷print扎to pri…冊counte…刹temple
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Compound

Map of radical 宀Map of reading サツAll maps

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