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渫 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
セツ・チョウせつ・ちょう · setsu · chō
Kun
さら.うsara.u
Meaning
to dredge

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 枼 as phonetic: to clean out the bed of a well or river.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 浚渫しゅんせつ

    dredging

  • 渫うさらう

    to dredge out

More words with this kanji

  • 濬渫しゅんせつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

井戸(いど)を渫(さら)って水(みず)を清(きよ)める。

They clean out the well to purify the water.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

浚渫渫浚to dre…汕nettin…汨to sin…沍to fre…沂a rive…沁to soa…仗arms疔a deep…沾to moi…泄to lea…佻frivol…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading セツAll maps

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