欹 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
- On
- イ・キ
- Kun
- そばだ.てる・そばだ.つ
- Meaning
- to prick up; to lean
Origin
欠 with 奇 as phonetic: to tilt the body, or the ear.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 欹てるそばだてる
to prick up (one's ears)
- 欹枕いちん
leaning on a pillow
Example
耳を欹てて足音を待つ。
They prick up their ears for footsteps.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)