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岔 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「山」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「山」
On
タた · ta
Kun
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Meaning
a fork in the road

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mountain 山 with 分 "to divide": the place where a road splits in two.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 岔道さどう

    a forked road

  • 分岐ぶんき

    branching; divergence

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

岔道で道(みち)を間違(まちが)えてしまった。

I took the wrong way at the fork.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

分岐分岐岔道岔分to div…岐fork道road屮a spro…屶a hatc…屹to tow…岌high…岑peak朶a bran…佗lonely侘wabi沱stream…咤to sho…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 山Map of reading タAll maps

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