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灸 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「火」

道
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On
キュウ・クきゅう・く · kyū · ku
Kun
やいとyaito
Meaning
moxibustion

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Fire with 久 "long": burning moxa slowly to warm the body.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 灸きゅう

    moxibustion

  • 鍼灸しんきゅう

    acupuncture and moxibustion

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

肩(かた)の凝(こ)りに灸(きゅう)をすえてもらった。

I had moxibustion done for my stiff shoulders.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鍼灸灸鍼acupun…灼to bur…焰flame煉to ref…焚to bur…煤soot仇foe汲draw…玖black…狗dog垢dirt
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 火Map of reading キュウAll maps

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