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莎 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
サ・シャさ・しゃ · sa · sha
Kun
はますげhamasuge
Meaning
nut grass; a sedge

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 沙, sand, as phonetic: the sedge that grows on sandy ground.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 莎草はますげ

    nut grass

  • 莎かやつりぐさ

    a sedge

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

浜(はま)に莎草が生(お)い茂(しげ)る。

The sedge grows thick along the shore.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading サAll maps

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