簣 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- キ
- Kun
- もっこ・あじか
- Meaning
- an earth-carrying basket
Origin
Bamboo 竹 with 貴 as phonetic: the bamboo basket in which earth is carried.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 功虧一簣こうきいっき
failing one basketful short of completion
- 簣もっこ
an earth basket
Example
功を一簣に虧く。
The work fails for the want of one last basketful.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)