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膵 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「月」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「月」
On
スイすい · sui
Kun
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Meaning
the pancreas (a character coined in Japan)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Coined in Japan from 月 and 萃, to gather: assigned to the pancreas by Edo-period students of Dutch medicine.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 膵臓すいぞう

    the pancreas

  • 膵液すいえき

    pancreatic juice

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

膵臓(すいぞう)は消化(しょうか)液(えき)を出(だ)す。

The pancreas puts out a digestive fluid.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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