縊 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- イ・エイ
- Kun
- くび.る・くび.れる
- Meaning
- to strangle; to hang
Origin
Thread 糸 with 益 as phonetic: to draw a cord tight about the neck.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 縊死いし
death by hanging
- 縊れるくびれる
to be constricted
Example
縊死とみられる遺体を検める。
They examine a body that appears to have been hanged.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)