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蔡 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
サイさい · sai
Kun
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Meaning
Cai (state and surname)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 祭 as phonetic: originally the great tortoise used in divination; also the state and surname Cai.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蔡さい

    Cai (state; surname)

  • 蔡倫さいりん

    Cai Lun, who improved papermaking

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蔡倫(さいりん)は紙(かみ)の改良(かいりょう)で名(な)を残(のこ)した。

Cai Lun is remembered for improving papermaking.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蔡倫蔡倫ethics艾mugwor…芒an awn芟to mow…芫a medi…芬fragra…犲a jack…洒to was…砌the st…豺a jack…倅my son
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading サイAll maps

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