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殆 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「歹」

道
準1University / general ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
On
タイ・サイたい・さい · tai · sai
Kun
ほとほと・ほとん.ど・あやういhotohoto · hoton.do · ayaui
Meaning
almost

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bones with 台 as phonetic: perilous, and by extension “almost”.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 殆どほとんど

    almost; nearly

  • 危殆きたい

    peril

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

仕事(しごと)は殆(ほとん)ど終(お)わっている。

The work is almost finished.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

危殆殆危danger…死death歿to die殀to die…殃a cala…殄to ext…叉fork苔moss岱Mt Tai哉how!晒bleach
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 歹Map of reading タイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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