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璧 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「玉」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「玉」
On
ヘキへき · heki
Kun
たまtama
Meaning
flawless jade; perfection

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Jade plus a ring: the flat ring-shaped jade prized for having no flaw — hence perfection.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヘキへきheki完璧かんぺき双璧そうへき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 完璧かんぺき

    perfect; flawless

  • 双璧そうへき

    two matchless things

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今日(きょう)の演奏(えんそう)は完璧(かんぺき)だった。

Today’s performance was flawless.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

双璧完璧璧双pair完comple…王king玉ball玫a fine…瑇the ha…瑩to pol…辟to jud…碧blue-g…僻biased劈to spl…壁wall
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 玉Map of reading ヘキAll maps

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

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