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窓 — 11 strokes / Radical「穴」

道
5Elementary year 6 / 11 strokes / Radical「穴」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
まどmado
Meaning
window

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

穴 "opening" with a form for letting smoke and light through; an opening cut in a wall — hence "window."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō車窓しゃそう同窓どうそう深窓しんそう
Kunまどmado窓まど窓口まどぐち出窓でまど

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 同窓会どうそうかい

    alumni reunion

  • 車窓しゃそう

    train or car window

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

車窓(しゃそう)から海(うみ)が見(み)えた。

The sea was visible from the train window.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

同窓会同窓会車窓窓会to mee…同same車car穴hole究invest…穹the va…空sky突thrust宗religi…奏to pla…装to dre…創to cre…層layer
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)