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幗 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「巾」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「巾」
On
カクかく · kaku
Kun
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Meaning
a woman's headdress

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Cloth 巾 with 國 as phonetic: the cloth headdress worn by women.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 巾幗きんかく

    a woman's headdress; a woman

  • 頭巾ずきん

    a hood

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

巾幗(きんかく)は女性(じょせい)を指(さ)す語(ご)としても使(つか)われた。

The word also came to stand for women themselves.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

巾幗頭巾幗巾cloth頭head帑treasu…帙a book…帷a curt…幀a moun…幄a tent…挌to str…狢a badg…恪revere…烙to bra…凅to dry…
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Compound

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