筌 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
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- On
- セン
- Kun
- うけ・うえ
- Meaning
- a fish trap
Origin
Bamboo 竹 with 全 as phonetic: the woven bamboo basket for catching fish.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 筌うけ
a fish trap
- 得魚忘筌とくぎょぼうせん
forgetting the means once the end is gained
Example
得魚忘筌の譬えを引く。
They cite the saying about forgetting the trap once the fish is caught.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)