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琲 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「王」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「王」
On
ハイはい · hai
Kun
つらぬくtsuranuku
Meaning
jewels strung together

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Jade 玉 with 非 as phonetic: an ornament of strung jewels. In 珈琲 it is used only for its sound.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 珈琲コーヒー

    coffee, written for the sound alone

  • 琲つらぬく

    to string jewels together

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

珈琲(こーひー)の二(に)字(じ)は音(おと)を借(か)りた当(あ)て字(じ)だ。

The two characters for coffee stand only for its sound.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

珈琲琲珈a jewe…玻crysta…珀amber珥an ear…珞a jewe…珮a gird…孛comet抔and so…坏an ear…佩to wea…沛a down…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 王Map of reading ハイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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