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穹 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「穴」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
On
キュウ・キョウきゅう・きょう · kyū · kyō
Kun
あめ・そらame · sora
Meaning
the vault of the sky

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Cave 穴 with 弓, a bow, as phonetic: the heavens arched like a drawn bow.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蒼穹そうきゅう

    the blue vault of heaven

  • 穹窿きゅうりゅう

    a vault; a dome

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蒼穹(そうきゅう)に星(ほし)がまたたく。

The stars glimmer in the blue vault.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

穹窿蒼穹穹窿an arc…蒼blue穽a pitf…窈deep…窕gracef…窖a cell…窘to be…孒mosqui…匈the Xi…岌high…夾to hol…冏bright
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 穴Map of reading キュウAll maps

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