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13 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)13 strokesRadical
On
コウ
Kun
Meaning
suddenly

Origin

ORIGIN

Water 氵 with 盍 as phonetic: suddenly, all at once.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 溘然こうぜん

    suddenly (of a death)

  • 溘焉こうえん

    all of a sudden

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

溘然として世を去った。

They left this world quite suddenly.

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