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徨 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「彳」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
さまよ.うsamayo.u
Meaning
to wander

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Step 彳 with 皇 as phonetic: to walk about as if lost.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 彷徨ほうこう

    wandering; roaming

  • 流浪るろう

    wandering from place to place

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

答(こた)えを見(み)いだせず彷徨(ほうこう)し続(つづ)けた。

Unable to find an answer, they went on wandering.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 彳Map of reading コウAll maps

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