漢字道KANJIDO

16 strokesRadical

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カン
Kun
はね・ふで・やまどり・ふみ
Meaning
writing brush; letter

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

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

二人の往復書翰が残っている。

The letters the two exchanged survive.

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