漢字道KANJIDOβ

萍 — 11 strokes / Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 11 strokes / Radical「艹」
On
ヘイ・ヒョウへい・ひょう · hei · hyō
Kun
うきくさukikusa
Meaning
duckweed

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 苹 as phonetic: the plant that floats on water.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 浮萍ふへい

    a drifting, rootless life

  • 萍うきくさ

    duckweed

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

萍のように所(ところ)を定(さだ)めない。

Like duckweed, they settle nowhere.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

浮萍萍浮float艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…幵level幷to com…苹duckwe…苞a brac…秉to hol…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)