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磁 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「石」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「石」
On
ジじ · ji
Kun
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Meaning
magnet; porcelain

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

石 "stone" plus 兹; the stone that draws iron to itself — hence "magnet."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジじji磁石じしゃく磁気じき陶磁器とうじき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 磁石じしゃく

    magnet

  • 磁器じき

    porcelain

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

磁石(じしゃく)は北(きた)を指(さ)す。

A magnet points north.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

磁器磁石磁器vessel石stone砂sand矻to toi…矼a step…砌the st…砕smash示to sho…弍two仕to ser…而and ye…耳ear
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 石Map of reading ジAll maps

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