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犀 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「牛」

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On
サイ・セイさい・せい · sai · sei
Kun
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Meaning
rhinoceros; sharp

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

牛 "ox" with an element for hardness: the great horned beast — the rhinoceros; also “sharp”.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 犀さい

    rhinoceros

  • 犀利さいり

    sharp; penetrating

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

犀利(さいり)な分析(ぶんせき)で問題(もんだい)を解(と)き明(あ)かした。

A penetrating analysis unravelled the problem.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 牛Map of reading サイAll maps

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