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沿 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
そ(う)so(u)
Meaning
to run along; follow (a course)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" plus 㕣 "a long narrow flow"; going along the course of the water — hence "to run along."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエンえんen沿海えんかい沿線えんせん沿革えんかく
Kunそうsō沿うそう川沿いかわそい

Compare: 添う

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沿線えんせん

    along a railway line

  • 沿岸えんがん

    coast; shore

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)に沿(そ)って歩(ある)いた。

I walked along the river.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

沿岸沿線沿岸shore線line派factio…洗to was…済to fin…源source潮tide延to ext…円circle茆a wate…宛addres…炎flame
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading エンAll maps

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

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