緇 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
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- On
- シ
- Kun
- くろ
- Meaning
- black; the priest’s robe
Origin
Thread 糸 with 甾 as phonetic: silk dyed black; from the colour of the robe, a monk.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 緇衣しえ
a priest’s black robe
- 緇素しそ
the ordained and the lay
Example
緇衣をまとって仏門に入る。
They put on the black robe and enter the priesthood.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)