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莢 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
キョウきょう · kyō
Kun
さやsaya
Meaning
a pod

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 夾, to hold between, as phonetic: the pod that encloses beans.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 莢さや

    a pod

  • 莢隠元さやいんげん

    green beans

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

莢(さや)ごと茹(ゆ)でて食(た)べる。

They boil and eat them pod and all.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

莢隠元莢隠元莢元origin隠hide艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…孒mosqui…匈the Xi…夾to hol…冏bright羌the Qi…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading キョウAll maps

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