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篝 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
かがりび・かがり・ふせごkagaribi · kagari · fusego
Meaning
a fire basket; a watch fire

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 冓 as phonetic: the bamboo cage in which a fire is burned.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 篝火かがりび

    a watch fire; a bonfire

  • 篝かがり

    a fire basket

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川原(かわら)に篝火(かがりび)を焚(た)く。

They light watch fires on the riverbed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

篝火篝火fire竽an anc…笊a bamb…笆a bamb…笏ritual…笞a rod…亢high芒an awn伉to mat…扛to lif…扣to kno…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading コウAll maps

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