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腮 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「月」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「月」
On
サイさい · sai
Kun
あご・えらago · era
Meaning
the jaw; the gills

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Flesh 月 with 思 as phonetic: the jaw, and the gills of a fish.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 腮あご

    the jaw

  • 顎あご

    the usual writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

腮を撫(な)でて考(かんが)え込(こ)む。

They stroke their jaw and fall to thinking.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

顎腮顎jaw肚the be…肛the an…肭plump肬a wart胚embryo犲a jack…洒to was…砌the st…倅my son豺a jack…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 月Map of reading サイAll maps

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