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莠 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ユウゆう · yū
Kun
はぐさhagusa
Meaning
a weed that looks like grain

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 秀, fine, as phonetic: a weed that resembles the rice plant; by extension, fair-seeming but bad.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 良莠りょうゆう

    the good and the bad

  • 莠はぐさ

    foxtail grass

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

良(よ)莠(はぐさ)を分(わ)けて選(えら)ぶ。

They separate the good from the bad and choose.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

良莠莠良good艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…拗twiste…肬a wart侑to urg…岫mounta…俑burial…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ユウAll maps

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