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欹 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「欠」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
On
イ・キい・き · i · ki
Kun
そばだ.てる・そばだ.つsobada.teru · sobada.tsu
Meaning
to prick up; to lean

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

欠 with 奇 as phonetic: to tilt the body, or the ear.

COMPOUNDS

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

Example

A sentence using this kanji

耳(みみ)を欹(そばだ)てて足音(あしおと)を待(ま)つ。

They prick up their ears for footsteps.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

欹枕欹枕pillow欷to sob欸an exc…歃to sip歇to cea…歉insuff…几small…已to cea…卉plants佗lonely杞wolfbe…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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