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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

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading エンAll maps

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