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篆 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
テンてん · ten
Kun
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Meaning
seal script

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 彖 as phonetic: the ancient script used on seals.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 篆書てんしょ

    seal script

  • 篆刻てんこく

    seal engraving

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

印章(いんしょう)に篆書(てんしょ)で名(な)を彫(ほ)ってもらった。

I had my name carved on the seal in seal script.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

篆刻篆書篆刻to car…書to wri…竽an anc…笏ritual…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笞a rod…甸the ro…忝gratef…沾to moi…恬calm畋to hun…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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