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竺 — 8 strokes / Radical「竹」

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ジク・チク・トクじく・ちく・とく · jiku · chiku · toku
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Meaning
thick; India

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 over 二: thickness; in 天竺 it names India.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 天竺てんじく

    India (old name)

  • 天竺牡丹てんじくぼたん

    dahlia

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

僧(そう)は天竺(てんじく)を目指(めざ)して旅立(たびだ)った。

The monk set out for India.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

天竺牡丹天竺天竺牡丹竺丹red天heaven牡male竿pole笈backpa…笥box笠bamboo…笹bamboo…禿bald宍flesh柚citron啄peck筑ancien…
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