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羂 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「罒」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「罒」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
わなwana
Meaning
a snare of cord

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Net 网 with abbreviated 絹 as phonetic: a looped cord set to snare game.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 羂索けんじゃく

    the noose held by a Buddhist deity

  • 羂わな

    a snare

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

不空(ふくう)羂索(けんさく)観音(かんのん)を安置(あんち)する。

They enshrine the bodhisattva who holds the unfailing noose.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

羂索羂索search罕rare罔a net罘a net…罠a snar…罟a net丱child'…姸beauti…拑to cla…柬to sel…俔to lik…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 罒Map of reading ケンAll maps

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