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琢 — 11 strokes / Radical「王」

道
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On
タクたく · taku
Kun
みが.くmiga.ku
Meaning
polish (a gem)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Jade with an element for striking: chiselling and polishing a gem.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 切磋琢磨せっさたくま

    improving through mutual effort

  • 琢磨たくま

    polishing; cultivation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

仲間(なかま)と切磋(せっさ)琢磨(たくま)して力(ちから)をつけた。

We built our skills by spurring each other on.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

切磋琢磨切磋琢磨切磋琢磨琢切to cut磋to pol…磨polish玖black…珂white…玲tinkli…珊coral珪silico…托entrus…啄peck擢select鐸large…宅home
CompoundRadicalReading

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