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荼 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
タ・ズ・ト・ダた・ず・と・だ · ta · zu · to · da
Kun
にがなnigana
Meaning
a bitter herb; used for cremation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 余 as phonetic: a bitter herb; in 荼毘, cremation.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 荼毘だび

    cremation

  • 荼にがな

    a bitter herb

More words with this kanji

  • 曼荼羅まんだら

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

荼毘(だび)に付(ふ)して弔(とむら)う。

They cremate the body and mourn.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

荼毘荼毘assist艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…朶a bran…抖to sha…肚the be…岔a fork…兌to exc…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading タAll maps

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