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揩 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
カイ・カツかい・かつ · kai · katsu
Kun
ぬぐ.うnugu.u
Meaning
to wipe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 皆 as phonetic: to rub a thing clean.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 揩うぬぐう

    to wipe

  • 拭うぬぐう

    to wipe (usual writing)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

額(がく)の汗(あせ)を揩って一息(ひといき)ついた。

They wiped the sweat from their brow and took a breath.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

拭う揩拭wipe扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…乂to mow夬to dec…丐to beg艾mugwor…价messen…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading カイAll maps

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