漢字道KANJIDO

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Kun
ちいさ.い・くさり
Meaning
trifling; petty

Origin

ORIGIN

Jade 玉 with the phonetic it shares with 鎖: small jewels in a chain, hence fine and trifling.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 瑣末さまつ

    trivial

  • 煩瑣はんさ

    fussy and troublesome

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

瑣末な議論に時間を費やす。

They spend their time on trivial argument.

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