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杭 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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On
コウこう · kō
Kun
くいkui
Meaning
stake; pile

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" with 亢 as phonetic: the wooden post driven into the ground — a stake.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 杭くい

    stake; pile

  • 杭打ちくいうち

    pile driving

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

出(で)る杭(くい)は打(う)たれるという。

They say the stake that sticks out gets hammered down.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

杭打ち杭打to hit杢woodwo…杖staff杓ladle杜grove杏aprico…叩strike弘vast亘extend…亙extend…亨pass…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading コウAll maps

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