撕 — 15 strokes / Radical「扌」
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- On
- セイ・シせい・し · sei · shi
- Kun
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- Meaning
- to tear; to admonish
Stroke order
Origin
Hand 扌 with 斯 as phonetic: to tear apart; in 提撕 it means to instruct.
Compounds
- 提撕ていぜい
instructing; awakening others
- 裂くさく
to tear
Example
後進の提撕に力を注いだ。
They put their strength into guiding those coming after.
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The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)