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弔 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「彐」

道
準2High school level ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「彐」
On
チョウちょう · chō
Kun
とむら.う・とぶら.うtomura.u · tobura.u
Meaning
condolence; mourn

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person bearing a bow to guard the dead: to mourn, to offer condolences.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチョウちょうchō弔問ちょうもん弔辞ちょうじ慶弔けいちょう
Kunとむらうtomurau弔うとむらう弔いとぶらい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 弔問ちょうもん

    condolence call

  • 慶弔けいちょう

    weddings and funerals

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

上司(じょうし)の家(いえ)に弔問(ちょうもん)に行(い)った。

I went to my manager’s home to pay my condolences.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

弔問慶弔弔問questi…慶celebr…弗dollar当to hit彗broom挑challe…釣anglin…眺gaze塚mound懲punish
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 彐Map of reading チョウAll maps

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

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