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液 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
エキえき · eki
Kun
—
Meaning
liquid; fluid

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" plus 夜 "night"; water that drips like night dew — hence "liquid."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエキえきeki液体えきたい液状えきじょう血液けつえき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 液体えきたい

    liquid

  • 血液けつえき

    blood

More words with this kanji

  • 血液型けつえきがた
  • 溶液ようえき
  • 唾液だえき
  • 膵液すいえき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

理科(りか)で液体(えきたい)の実験(じっけん)をした。

We did an experiment with liquids in science class.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

液体血液液体body血blood河river混to mix測to mea…減to dec…準standa…易easy益benefi…亦also役role奕genera…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading エキAll maps

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