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艮 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「艮」

道
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On
コン・ゴンこん・ごん · kon · gon
Kun
うしとらushitora
Meaning
northeast; to stop

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of an eye looking back: one of the eight trigrams — mountain, northeast, stillness.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 艮うしとら

    northeast

  • 八卦はっけ

    the eight trigrams

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

屋敷(やしき)の艮(うしとら)の方角(ほうがく)に社(しゃ)を建(た)てた。

They built a shrine to the northeast of the residence.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

八卦八卦艮八eight卦divina…良good艱hardsh…欣rejoic…坤earth昏dusk柑citrus衿collar
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 艮Map of reading コンAll maps

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