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慟 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ドウ・トウどう・とう · dō · tō
Kun
なげ.くnage.ku
Meaning
to wail

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 動 as phonetic: to weep so hard the body shakes.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 慟哭どうこく

    wailing; lamentation

  • 哀哭あいこく

    weeping in grief

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

訃報(ふほう)に接(せっ)して慟哭(どうこく)した。

They wailed aloud at the news of the death.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

哀哭慟哭慟哀sorrow哭to wai…忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…仂remain…叨reckle…抖to sha…呶noisy帑treasu…
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Compound

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