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獗 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
On
ケツけつ · ketsu
Kun
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Meaning
to run rampant

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Dog 犬 with 厥 as phonetic: a dog running amok, hence to run rampant.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 猖獗しょうけつ

    rampancy

  • 跋扈ばっこ

    running unchecked

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

賊(ぞく)が猖獗(しょうけつ)し、村(むら)は荒(あ)れ果(は)てた。

Bandits ran rampant and the village fell to ruin.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

猖獗跋扈獗猖to run…跋an aft…犲a jack…狄a nort…狃to get…狆a Japa…狒a babo…孑alone孒mosqui…夬to dec…刔to gou…抉to gou…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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