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撕 — 15 strokes / Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 15 strokes / Radical「扌」
On
セイ・シせい・し · sei · shi
Kun
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Meaning
to tear; to admonish

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 斯 as phonetic: to tear apart; in 提撕 it means to instruct.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 提撕ていぜい

    instructing; awakening others

  • 裂くさく

    to tear

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

後進(こうしん)の提撕(ていせい)に力(ちから)を注(そそ)いだ。

They put their strength into guiding those coming after.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

提撕裂く撕提to pre…裂split扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…尸corpse卮goblet朿a thor…址ruins豕a pig
CompoundRadicalReading

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