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矮 — 13 strokes / Radical「矢」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 13 strokes / Radical「矢」
On
ワイ・アイわい・あい · wai · ai
Kun
ひく.いhiku.i
Meaning
short; dwarf

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Arrow 矢 with 委 as phonetic: low in stature, short.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 矮小わいしょう

    dwarfish; belittled

  • 矮性わいせい

    dwarf, of a plant variety

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

問題(もんだい)を矮小(わいしょう)化(か)してはならない。

The problem must not be belittled.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

矮小矮性矮小small性nature矣a fina…矢arrow知to kno…矧to fle…矩carpen…阨narrow哇a chil…埃dust欸an exc…猥obscen…
CompoundRadicalReading

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