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挨 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
アイあい · ai
Kun
ひら.くhira.ku
Meaning
draw near; greet

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus a phonetic element: to push one’s way close to someone; used in the word for greeting.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onアイあいai挨拶あいさつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 挨拶あいさつ

    greeting

  • 挨拶回りあいさつまわり

    round of courtesy calls

More words with this kanji

  • 挨拶状あいさつじょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

朝(あさ)は元気(げんき)に挨拶(あいさつ)を交(か)わす。

In the morning we exchange cheerful greetings.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

挨拶回り挨拶挨回to tur…拶press…拉pull…拭wipe捗make…挫crush捉catch曖dim乃thereu…阨narrow姶comely哇a chil…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading アイAll maps

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