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癸 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「癶」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「癶」
On
キき · ki
Kun
みずのとmizunoto
Meaning
the tenth of the ten stems

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally a pictograph of arrowheads pointing four ways; borrowed for the tenth of the ten stems.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 癸みずのと

    the tenth stem

  • 癸亥みずのとい

    the sixtieth of the cycle

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

癸(き)の年(とし)に生(う)まれたという。

They are said to have been born in a year of that stem.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 癶Map of reading キAll maps

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