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甍 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「瓦」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「瓦」
On
ボウ・ミョウぼう・みょう · bō · myō
Kun
いらかiraka
Meaning
the ridge tiles of a roof

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Tile 瓦 with abbreviated 夢 as phonetic: the tiles set along the ridge of a roof.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 甍いらか

    roof tiles

  • 甍を争ういらかをあらそう

    roofs crowding one against another

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

甍(いらか)を争(あらそ)う家々(いえいえ)が谷(たに)を埋(う)める。

Roofs crowd one against another and fill the valley.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 瓦Map of reading ボウAll maps

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