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擱 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
カクかく · kaku
Kun
お.くo.ku
Meaning
to lay down; to run aground

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 閣 as phonetic: to set a thing down and leave it.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 擱坐かくざ

    running aground; being stuck

  • 擱筆かくひつ

    laying down the pen; finishing writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

紙幅(しふく)も尽(つ)きたのでここで擱筆(かくひつ)する。

Space runs short, so I lay down my pen here.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

擱坐擱筆擱坐sit筆writin…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…挌to str…狢a badg…恪revere…烙to bra…凅to dry…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading カクAll maps

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