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斟 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「斗」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「斗」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
く.むku.mu
Meaning
to ladle; to weigh up

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Measure 斗 with 甚 as phonetic: to ladle out drink; hence to weigh up a situation.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 斟酌しんしゃく

    taking circumstances into account

  • 酌量しゃくりょう

    consideration; extenuation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

事情(じじょう)を斟酌(しんしゃく)して処分(しょぶん)を軽(かる)くした。

Taking the circumstances into account, they lightened the penalty.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 斗Map of reading シンAll maps

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