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漆 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
準2High school level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
シツしつ · shitsu
Kun
うるしurushi
Meaning
lacquer

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water plus sap dripping from the lacquer tree: the resin used to coat vessels.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシツしつshitsu漆器しっき漆黒しっこく乾漆かんしつ
Kunうるしurushi漆うるし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 漆器しっき

    lacquerware

  • 漆黒しっこく

    jet black

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

漆器(しっき)は光沢(こうたく)がとても美(うつく)しい。

Lacquerware has a beautiful sheen.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

漆器漆黒漆器vessel黒black汁soup江large…沸boil泡bubble泥mud失to los…𠮟scold室room桎fetter…疾rapid
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading シツAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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