腮 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「月」
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- On
- サイ
- Kun
- あご・えら
- Meaning
- the jaw; the gills
Origin
Flesh 月 with 思 as phonetic: the jaw, and the gills of a fish.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 腮あご
the jaw
- 顎あご
the usual writing
Example
腮を撫でて考え込む。
They stroke their jaw and fall to thinking.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)