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湍 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
タンたん · tan
Kun
はや.い・はやせhaya.i · hayase
Meaning
rapids

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 耑 as phonetic: the shallow where water runs fast.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 急湍きゅうたん

    swift rapids

  • 湍はやせ

    rapids

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

急湍(きゅうたん)を舟(ふね)で下(くだ)るのは危(あや)うい。

It is dangerous to run the rapids by boat.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

急湍湍急hurry汕nettin…汨to sin…沍to fre…沂a rive…沁to soa…怛grieve…眈to wat…袒to bar…疸jaundi…站to sta…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading タンAll maps

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