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緬 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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On
メン・ベンめん・べん · men · ben
Kun
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Meaning
fine thread; far off

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Thread 糸 with 面 as phonetic: fine thread; also far-off, and in 緬甸 it names Burma.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 縮緬ちりめん

    crepe silk

  • 緬羊めんよう

    sheep (for wool)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

縮緬(ちりめん)の風呂敷(ふろしき)に菓子(かし)を包(つつ)んだ。

I wrapped the sweets in a crepe-silk cloth.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

縮緬緬羊緬縮to shr…羊sheep紘great…紗gauze…紐cord紬pongee…絃string娩give…棉cotton…鞭whip弁speech抃to cla…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading メンAll maps

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