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筮 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
ゼイ・セイぜい・せい · zei · sei
Kun
うらな.う・めどぎurana.u · medogi
Meaning
divination with stalks

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 over a shaman 巫: to divine by means of bamboo stalks.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 卜筮ぼくぜい

    divination

  • 筮竹ぜいちく

    divining sticks

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

筮竹(ぜいちく)を繰(く)って吉凶(きっきょう)を占(うらな)う。

They work the divining sticks and read the fortune.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

卜筮筮竹筮卜divina…竹bamboo竽an anc…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笏ritual…笞a rod…穽a pitf…洒to was…砌the st…晟bright倩carefu…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading ゼイAll maps

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