漢字道KANJIDO

11 strokesRadical

2High school graduate / general11 strokesRadical
On
コウ・キョウ
Kun
ふさぐ・やまにれ・おおむね
Meaning
block up; stem

Origin

ORIGIN

Wood plus hardness: the stiff stem of a plant; also used for something that stops a passage up.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

コウ心筋梗塞・脳梗塞

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 脳梗塞のうこうそく

    cerebral infarction

  • 心筋梗塞しんきんこうそく

    myocardial infarction

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

祖父は脳梗塞で倒れた。

My grandfather collapsed from a cerebral infarction.

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