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滋 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ジじ · ji
Kun
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Meaning
nourish, grow, flourish (also Shiga Prefecture)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: 氵 (water) gives the meaning and 兹 the sound; water moistening so that plants grow and multiply.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジじji滋味じみ滋養じよう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 滋賀県しがけん

    Shiga Prefecture

  • 滋養じよう

    nourishment, nutrition

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

滋賀(しが)県(けん)には大(おお)きな湖(みずうみ)があります。

There is a big lake in Shiga Prefecture.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

滋賀県滋賀県滋養滋県prefec…賀congra…養to nou…泣cry法law治govern浅shallo…浴bathe児child辞word示to sho…仕to ser…弍two
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ジAll maps

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