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笈 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

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準1University / general ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
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Meaning
backpack book box

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 及 as phonetic: the bamboo box of books carried on the back.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 笈おい

    portable book chest

  • 負笈ふきゅう

    going far away to study

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

若(わか)い僧(そう)は笈(きゅう)を負(お)って諸国(しょこく)を巡(めぐ)った。

The young monk travelled the provinces with a book chest on his back.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

負笈笈負to los…竺thick竿pole笥box笠bamboo…笹bamboo…仇foe汲draw…灸moxibu…玖black…韮garlic…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading キュウAll maps

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