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洛 — 9 strokes / Radical「氵」

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On
ラクらく · raku
Kun
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Meaning
the capital; Kyoto

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 各 as phonetic: originally a Chinese river; it came to mean the capital Luoyang, and in Japan, Kyoto.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 上洛じょうらく

    going up to the capital

  • 洛中らくちゅう

    within the capital

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大名(だいみょう)が上洛(じょうらく)して将軍(しょうぐん)に会(あ)った。

The lord went up to the capital and met the shogun.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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