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膏 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「肉」

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準1University / general ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「肉」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
あぶらabura
Meaning
fat; ointment

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Flesh 肉 with 高 as phonetic: rich fat; also a salve made thick like it.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 軟膏なんこう

    ointment

  • 膏薬こうやく

    plaster; salve

More words with this kanji

  • 膏粱こうりょう
  • 膏腴こうゆ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

傷口(きずぐち)に軟膏(なんこう)を薄(うす)く塗(ぬ)った。

I spread a thin layer of ointment on the wound.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

膏薬軟膏膏薬medici…軟soft胤descen…肉meat肖resemb…育raise肯consen…叩strike弘vast亘extend…亙extend…杏aprico…
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Compound

Map of radical 肉Map of reading コウAll maps

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