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沮 — 8 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 8 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
ソ・ショそ・しょ · so · sho
Kun
はば.むhaba.mu
Meaning
to block; to be dejected

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 且 as phonetic: to dam water; also for the spirit to break.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沮止そし

    obstruction

  • 沮喪そそう

    dejection; loss of heart

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

士気(しき)が沮喪(そそう)してしまった。

Morale sank.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

沮喪沮止沮喪mourni…止to sto…汕nettin…沁to soa…沐to was…沍to fre…沂a rive…抒to dra…杼a shut…苴a stra…泝to go…徂to go
CompoundRadicalReading

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