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茜 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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On
センせん · sen
Kun
あかねakane
Meaning
madder; deep red

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass with 西 as phonetic: the plant whose roots yield a red dye — madder.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 茜色あかねいろ

    madder red

  • 茜あかね

    madder plant

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夕空(ゆうぞら)が茜色(あかねいろ)に染(そ)まった。

The evening sky turned madder red.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading センAll maps

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