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蓍 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
シし · shi
Kun
めどぎmedogi
Meaning
yarrow; divining stalks

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 耆 as phonetic: the yarrow whose stalks are used in divination.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蓍めどぎ

    divining stalks

  • 蓍草しそう

    the yarrow plant

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蓍(めどぎ)を用(もち)いて易(えき)を立(た)てる。

They cast the divination with the stalks.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蓍草蓍草grass艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…尸corpse卮goblet朿a thor…址ruins沚a shoa…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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