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薨 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
こう.じる・みまか.るkō.jiru · mimaka.ru
Meaning
the passing of a person of rank

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Death 死 with abbreviated 瞢 as phonetic: the dying of one of high rank.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 薨去こうきょ

    the passing of a person of rank

  • 薨じるこうじる

    to pass away

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

親王(しんのう)が薨去(こうきょ)したと伝(つた)わる。

It is recorded that the prince passed away.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

薨去薨去leave艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…亢high伉to mat…扛to lif…扣to kno…吼to roa…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading コウAll maps

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