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掖 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
エキえき · eki
Kun
たす.ける・わきばさ.むtasu.keru · wakibasa.mu
Meaning
to support by the arm

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 夜 as phonetic: to hold someone under the arm and help them.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 掖庭えきてい

    the inner palace

  • 扶掖ふえき

    supporting; assisting

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

老母(ろうぼ)を掖して階(きざはし)を下(お)りた。

They helped their aged mother down the steps.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

掖庭扶掖掖庭garden扶aid扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…奕genera…覓to see…腋the ar…蜴used…懌to rej…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading エキAll maps

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