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聳 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「耳」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「耳」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
そび.えるsobi.eru
Meaning
to tower up

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Ear 耳 with 從 as phonetic: ears pricked up, hence to rise and tower.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 聳えるそびえる

    to tower

  • 聳動しょうどう

    to startle; to stir

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

峰(みね)が天(てん)に聳(そび)えている。

The peak towers up into the sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

聳動聳動move耿shinin…聊a litt…聆to lis…聒noisy聘to inv…妝to ado…呏gallon劭to str…炒to sti…杪a tree…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 耳Map of reading ショウAll maps

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