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矜 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「矛」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「矛」
On
キン・キョウ・ケイきん・きょう・けい · kin · kyō · kei
Kun
あわ.れむ・つつし.む・ほこ.るawa.remu · tsutsushi.mu · hoko.ru
Meaning
to pride oneself; to pity

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Spear 矛 with 今 as phonetic: originally the shaft of a spear; by extension, to take pride, and to pity.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 矜持きょうじ

    pride; self-respect

  • 矜恤きょうじゅつ

    compassion

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

職人(しょくにん)の矜持(きょうじ)を守(まも)り通(とお)す。

They hold to a craftsman’s pride to the end.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

矜恤矜持矜恤to sho…持to hol…矛halber…孒mosqui…匈the Xi…忻to rej…冏bright听pound
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 矛Map of reading キンAll maps

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