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柬 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
カン・ケンかん・けん · kan · ken
Kun
えら.ぶera.bu
Meaning
to select

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of drawing one out from a bundle: to select; it connects with 練 and 選.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 柬えらぶ

    to select

  • 請柬せいかん

    a written invitation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

柬は多(おお)くの中(なか)からえらぶ意(い)だ。

This character means to select from among many.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

請柬柬請reques…朮a medi…朶a bran…朿a thor…朸a carr…杙a stak…刋to cut丱child'…奸wicked扞to war…旰sunset
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading カンAll maps

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