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肆 — 13 strokes / Radical「聿」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 13 strokes / Radical「聿」
On
シし · shi
Kun
つら.ねる・ほしいまま・みせtsura.neru · hoshiimama · mise
Meaning
to give free rein; a shop

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Long 長 with brush 聿: goods laid out at length, hence a shop; also to give free rein. It serves as the formal form of “four”.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 書肆しょし

    a bookshop

  • 放肆ほうし

    unrestrained

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

書肆(しょし)に立(た)ち寄(よ)って本(ほん)を探(さが)す。

They stop at the bookshop and look for a book.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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