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笥 — 11 strokes / Radical「竹」

道
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On
ス・シす・し · su · shi
Kun
け・はこke · hako
Meaning
box; chest

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 司 as phonetic: the bamboo box for food or clothes.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 箪笥たんす

    chest of drawers

  • 笥け

    food container

More words with this kanji

  • 簞笥たんす

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

洗(あら)った衣類(いるい)を箪笥(たんす)にしまった。

I put the washed clothes away in the chest.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

笥竺thick竿pole笈backpa…笠bamboo…笹bamboo…之of巳the Sn…只only仔young此this
RadicalReading

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