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巴 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「巾」

道
準1University / general ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「巾」
On
ハは · ha
Kun
ともえ・うずまきtomoe · uzumaki
Meaning
comma design; swirl

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a coiled snake: the swirling comma-shaped design.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 巴ともえ

    comma-shaped design

  • 三つ巴みつどもえ

    a three-way contest

More words with this kanji

  • 卍巴まんじともえ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

優勝(ゆうしょう)争(あらそ)いは三(み)つ巴(どもえ)になった。

The title race became a three-way contest.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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