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捍 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
ふせ.ぐfuse.gu
Meaning
to defend

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 旱 as phonetic: to fend off and guard.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 捍衛かんえい

    defence

  • 防衛ぼうえい

    defence

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

国境(こっきょう)を捍衛する任(にん)にあたった。

They took on the task of defending the border.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

捍衛防衛捍衛to gua…防to pre…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…丱child'…刋to cut奸wicked坎a pit旰sunset
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading カンAll maps

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