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淀 — 11 strokes / Radical「氵」

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On
テン・デンてん・でん · ten · den
Kun
よど.むyodo.mu
Meaning
stagnate; still water

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 定 "to settle": water that stops flowing and pools — to stagnate.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 淀みよどみ

    a stagnant pool; hesitation

  • 淀川よどがわ

    the Yodo river

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

流(なが)れが淀(よど)んで水(みず)が濁(にご)った。

The current stagnated and the water grew cloudy.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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