筵 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- エン
- Kun
- むしろ
- Meaning
- a straw mat; a gathering
Origin
Bamboo 竹 with 延, to spread, as phonetic: the mat woven and spread out; by extension, a gathering.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 筵むしろ
a straw mat
- 祝いの筵いわいのむしろ
a celebratory gathering
Example
筵を敷いて花見をする。
They spread the mat and view the blossoms.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)