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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…
CompoundRadicalReading

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