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苔 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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準1University / general ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
タイたい · tai
Kun
こけ・こけらkoke · kokera
Meaning
moss

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 台 as phonetic: the moss that grows in damp places.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 苔こけ

    moss

  • 海苔のり

    nori; laver

More words with this kanji

  • 蘚苔類せんたいるい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

庭石(にわいし)にびっしりと苔(こけ)がむしている。

The garden stones are thick with moss.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading タイAll maps

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