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掀 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
キン・ケンきん・けん · kin · ken
Kun
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Meaning
to lift up

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 欣 as phonetic: to raise a thing high with the hand.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 掀げるかかげる

    to raise; to hoist

  • 掀動きんどう

    stirring up; shaking

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

旗(はた)を高(たか)く掀げて先頭(せんとう)に立(た)った。

They raised the flag high and led the way.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

掀動掀動move扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…丱child'…听pound忻to rej…姸beauti…拑to cla…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading キンAll maps

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