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莞 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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カンかん · kan
Kun
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Meaning
rush plant; smiling

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 完 as phonetic: the rush used for weaving mats; in 莞爾, a gentle smile.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 莞爾かんじ

    smiling gently

  • 藺草いぐさ

    rush (for tatami mats)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼(かれ)は莞爾(かんじ)として静(しず)かに頷(うなず)いた。

They smiled gently and nodded in silence.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

莞爾藺草藺草莞爾thou草grass藺the ru…芭banana…芙lotus苅mow芥mustar…芹Japane…亘extend…亙extend…函box侃uprigh…姦noisy
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading カンAll maps

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