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淒 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
セイ・サイせい・さい · sei · sai
Kun
すご.む・さむ.い・すご.い・すさ.まじいsugo.mu · samu.i · sugo.i · susa.majii
Meaning
bleak; chilling

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 妻 as phonetic: water cold, and a bleak chill.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 淒惨せいさん

    ghastly; harrowing

  • 淒絶せいぜつ

    utterly harrowing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

淒惨な光景(こうけい)に言葉(ことば)を失(うしな)う。

The ghastly scene left them speechless.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

淒惨淒絶淒惨misera…絶to cea…汕nettin…汨to sin…沍to fre…沂a rive…沁to soa…犲a jack…洒to was…砌the st…穽a pitf…豺a jack…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading セイAll maps

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