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緘 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
かん.する・と.じるkan.suru · to.jiru
Meaning
to seal

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Thread 糸 with 咸 as phonetic: to close a mouth or opening with thread.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 封緘ふうかん

    sealing a letter

  • 緘口かんこう

    keeping silent

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

封緘(ふうかん)して郵便(ゆうびん)に出(だ)す。

They seal it up and put it in the post.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

緘口封緘緘口mouth封seal糺to cal…紂a crup…紉to thr…紆to win…紊to fal…刋to cut丱child'…扞to war…奸wicked旱drough…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading カンAll maps

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