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簧 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
したshita
Meaning
the reed of a pipe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo 竹 with 黄 as phonetic: the thin tongue that vibrates inside a pipe.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 簧した

    the reed of a pipe

  • 笙簧しょうこう

    the reeds of the shō

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

簧が震(ふる)えて音(おと)が生(う)まれる。

The reed vibrates and the note is born.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

笙簧簧笙the sh…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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