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纔 — 23 strokes / Radical「糸」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 23 strokes / Radical「糸」
On
サン・ザン・サイさん・ざん・さい · san · zan · sai
Kun
わずか・ひたたwazuka · hitata
Meaning
barely; only just

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Thread 糸 with 毚 as phonetic: originally a darkish silk; borrowed for “barely”.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 纔かにわずかに

    barely

  • 僅かわずか

    the usual writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

纔(わず)かに間(ま)に合(あ)った。

They were only just in time.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

僅か纔僅a mere糺to cal…紂a crup…紉to thr…紆to win…紊to fal…犲a jack…汕nettin…芟to mow…刪to del…戔small
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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