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径 — 8 strokes / Radical「彳」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 8 strokes / Radical「彳」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
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Meaning
path; diameter

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phono-semantic character: 彳 (road/going) plus 巠 as the sound part; a narrow path, also 'diameter'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケイけいkei直径ちょっけい直情径行ちょくじょうけいこう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 直径ちょっけい

    diameter

  • 半径はんけい

    radius

More words with this kanji

  • 捷径しょうけい
  • 蹊径けいけい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この円(えん)の直径(ちょっけい)をはかりましょう。

Let's measure the diameter of this circle.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

半径直径径半half直straig…徒on foo…徳virtue役role彷to wan…彿dimly…景scener…競compet…兄older…刑punish…圭ceremo…
CompoundRadicalReading

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