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嶮 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「山」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「山」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
けわ.しいkewa.shii
Meaning
precipitous

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mountain 山 with 僉 as phonetic: a place too steep to cross easily; used like 険.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嶮岨けんそ

    steep and rugged

  • 天嶮てんけん

    a natural stronghold

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

天嶮(てんけん)に守(まも)られた城(しろ)であった。

It was a castle guarded by natural defences.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

天嶮嶮岨嶮天heaven岨rocky…屮a spro…屶a hatc…屹to tow…岌high…岔a fork…丱child'…拑to cla…姸beauti…柬to sel…俔to lik…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 山Map of reading ケンAll maps

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