羂 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「罒」
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- On
- ケン
- Kun
- わな
- Meaning
- a snare of cord
Origin
Net 网 with abbreviated 絹 as phonetic: a looped cord set to snare game.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 羂索けんじゃく
the noose held by a Buddhist deity
- 羂わな
a snare
Example
不空羂索観音を安置する。
They enshrine the bodhisattva who holds the unfailing noose.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)