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猥 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
On
ワイわい · wai
Kun
みだ.ら・みだり.にmida.ra · midari.ni
Meaning
obscene; disorderly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Dog 犬 with 畏 as phonetic: dogs in a jumble, hence disorderly and obscene.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 猥褻わいせつ

    obscenity

  • 猥雑わいざつ

    vulgar and disorderly

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

猥雑(わいざつ)な看板(かんばん)が並(なら)ぶ路地(ろじ)を抜(ぬ)ける。

They pass down an alley lined with vulgar signboards.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

猥褻猥雑猥褻over-f…雑miscel…犲a jack…狄a nort…狃to get…狆a Japa…狒a babo…匯to whi…矮short薈growin…穢defile…歪distor…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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