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幢 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「巾」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「巾」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
はたhata
Meaning
a banner; a pillar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Cloth 巾 with 童 as phonetic: the cylindrical banner raised at temples.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 石幢せきどう

    a stone banner pillar

  • 幢幡どうばん

    temple banners

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

境内(けいだい)に古(ふる)い石幢(せきどう)が残(のこ)っている。

An old stone banner pillar stands in the temple grounds.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

幢幡石幢幢幡banner石stone帑treasu…帙a book…帷a curt…幀a moun…幄a tent…叨reckle…抖to sha…苳butter…俑burial…荅adzuki…
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Compound

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