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歛 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「欠」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
On
レンれん · ren
Kun
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Meaning
to gather; to tighten

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

欠 with 僉 as phonetic: to draw the mouth tight, and to collect together.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 歛めるおさめる

    to gather in

  • 収斂しゅうれん

    contraction; astringency

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

税(ぜい)を歛めて国庫(こっこ)に納(おさ)める。

The taxes are gathered and paid to the treasury.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

収斂収斂歛収to tak…斂to gat…欷to sob欸an exc…欹to pri…歃to sip歇to cea…茘used…楝the be…匳cosmet…輦a hand…縺to get…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 欠Map of reading レンAll maps

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