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窕 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「穴」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
On
チョウ・ヨウちょう・よう · chō · yō
Kun
うつく.しいutsuku.shii
Meaning
graceful; demure

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Cave 穴 with 兆 as phonetic: deep and unhurried, hence graceful.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 窈窕ようちょう

    graceful and refined

  • 窕やかしとやか

    demure

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

窕やかな物腰(ものごし)が印象(いんしょう)に残(のこ)る。

Their demure bearing stays in the mind.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

窈窕窕窈deep…穹the va…穽a pitf…窖a cell…窘to be…窩a holl…幺tiny夭to die…孕to con…仗arms疔a deep…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 穴Map of reading チョウAll maps

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