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檻 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
おり・おばしま・てすりori · obashima · tesuri
Meaning
a cage; a railing

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Tree 木 with 監 as phonetic: the wooden cage that shuts a beast in; also a railing.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 檻おり

    a cage

  • 檻車かんしゃ

    a prison cart

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

虎(とら)が檻(おり)の中(なか)を歩(ある)き回(まわ)る。

The tiger paces inside the cage.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

檻車檻車car朮a medi…朶a bran…朿a thor…朸a carr…杙a stak…丱child'…刋to cut扞to war…奸wicked坎a pit
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading カンAll maps

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