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葛 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
カツ・カチかつ・かち · katsu · kachi
Kun
つづら・くずtsuzura · kuzu
Meaning
kudzu; arrowroot

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass plus a phonetic element: the vine that trails over hills and fields — kudzu.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカツかつkatsu葛藤かっとう
Kunくずkuzu葛くず葛湯くずゆ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 葛藤かっとう

    inner conflict

  • 葛湯くずゆ

    hot kudzu-starch drink

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

心(こころ)の中(なか)で長(なが)い葛藤(かっとう)が続(つづ)いた。

A long inner conflict went on inside me.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

葛湯葛藤葛湯hot wa…藤wister…芯core苛harsh萎wither蓋lid蔑despis…孒mosqui…劼to wor…矻to toi…刮to scr…活lively
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading カツAll maps

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

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