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翰 — 16 strokes / Radical「羽」

道
準1University / general / 16 strokes / Radical「羽」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
はね・ふで・やまどり・ふみhane · fude · yamadori · fumi
Meaning
writing brush; letter

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Feather 羽 with 倝 as phonetic: a brush made of feathers; by extension, a letter.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 書翰しょかん

    letter; correspondence

  • 翰墨かんぼく

    brush and ink; writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

二人(ふたり)の往復(おうふく)書翰(しょかん)が残(のこ)っている。

The letters the two exchanged survive.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

翰墨書翰翰墨India…書to wri…翠jade…翫take…耀shine羽feathe…翁venera…亙extend…亘extend…侃uprigh…函box姦noisy
CompoundRadicalReading

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