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掾 — 12 strokes / Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 12 strokes / Radical「扌」
On
エン・テンえん・てん · en · ten
Kun
じょうjō
Meaning
a junior official

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 彖 as phonetic: the official who assists the head of an office.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 掾じょう

    a third-rank official (old system)

  • 属官ぞっかん

    a subordinate official

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

国司(こくし)の掾(じょう)に任(にん)じられた。

They were appointed a junior official of the province.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

属官属官掾官govern…属to bel…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…甸the ro…茆a wate…忝gratef…沾to moi…殄to ext…
CompoundRadicalReading

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