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筌 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
うけ・うえuke · ue
Meaning
a fish trap

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 全 as phonetic: the woven bamboo basket for catching fish.

COMPOUNDS

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

Example

A sentence using this kanji

得(とく)魚(ぎょ)忘筌(ぼうせん)の譬(たと)えを引(ひ)く。

They cite the saying about forgetting the trap once the fish is caught.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

得魚忘筌得魚忘筌得魚忘筌筌得to gai…忘to for…魚fish竽an anc…笏ritual…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笞a rod…仟thousa…刋to cut阡a thou…芟to mow…吮to suc…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading センAll maps

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